Best 8 Best Seafood Chowder Recipes

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Seafood chowder is a hearty and flavorful dish that is perfect for a cold night. It is made with a variety of seafood, such as clams, shrimp, mussels, and fish, and is simmered in a creamy broth. The result is a delicious and comforting soup that is sure to satisfy your cravings. Whether you are a seafood lover or just looking for a new recipe to try, seafood chowder is sure to please. With its rich flavor and variety of textures, it is a dish that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you wanting more.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

MOM'S NOVA SCOTIA SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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Being from the Easy Coast, I've tried a lot of different chowders; however, my Mom's takes the cake. She makes a huge pot of this chowder every Christmas Eve and all of it is gone by Christmas night. Although it is not very healthy, it is an awesome treat once in awhile for any of us that love seafood! I normally throw in a dash of garlic and onion powder. Enjoy!

Provided by Ashley_86

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Chowders     Fish Chowder Recipes

Time 1h25m

Yield 20

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 large onions, diced
3 carrots, sliced
7 potatoes, cubed
1 pound salmon, cut into chunks
1 pound cod, cut into chunks
1 pound scallops
1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 ounces cooked lobster meat, shredded
1 (6 ounce) can crabmeat, drained and flaked
2 (6.5 ounce) cans chopped clams, drained
4 ¼ cups heavy whipping cream
2 cups half-and-half
1 ½ cups butter, cut into chunks
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Fill a large pot halfway with lightly salted water; bring to a boil. Add onions and carrots; cook until slightly tender, 10 minutes. Add potatoes; cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Stir in salmon, cod, scallops, shrimp, lobster, and crab; cook over medium heat until salmon and cod are firm but chunks are still slightly translucent in the center, about 10 minutes. Drain half the water from the pot and add clams, heavy cream, and half-and-half. Place butter chunks atop the soup; season with salt and black pepper. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until salmon and cod are fully cooked and flake easily with a fork, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 525.4 calories, Carbohydrate 18.8 g, Cholesterol 201.6 mg, Fat 37.8 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 28.2 g, SaturatedFat 22.6 g, Sodium 324.8 mg, Sugar 1.8 g

SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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A creamy chowder full of flavor! Of course regular ingredients may be used for those not watching their waistline.

Provided by MyVintageMommy

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Chowders

Time 1h

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 ½ cups fat free milk
1 (8 ounce) container fat free cream cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (26 ounce) can fat free condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup chopped green onions
1 cup sliced carrots
1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, undrained
1 ½ cups chopped potatoes
1 teaspoon dried parsley
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
½ pound shrimp
½ pound bay scallops
½ pound crabmeat
½ pound calamari tubes
1 (6.5 ounce) can chopped clams

Steps:

  • Place 1/2 cup milk, cream cheese, and garlic in a large pot over low heat. Cook and stir until blended. Mix in soup, green onions, carrots, corn with liquid, potatoes, parsley, and remaining milk. Season with black pepper and cayenne pepper. Simmer 25 minutes. Do not boil.
  • Mix the shrimp, scallops, crabmeat, calamari, and clams, and continue cooking 10 minutes, or until seafood is opaque.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 313.7 calories, Carbohydrate 32 g, Cholesterol 157.8 mg, Fat 5.1 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 34.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 1237.4 mg, Sugar 6.1 g

SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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Provided by Ina Garten

Time 2h10m

Yield 3 quarts

Number Of Ingredients 26

1 pound large shrimp (32 to 36 per pound), peeled and deveined (save shells for stock)
1/2 pound scallops
1/2 pound monkfish
1/2 pound fresh lump crabmeat, picked over to remove shells
1/4 pound unsalted butter
1 cup peeled and medium-diced carrots (4 carrots)
1/2 cup medium-diced yellow onion (1 onion)
1 cup medium-diced celery (3 stalks)
1 cup medium-diced small white or red potatoes
1/2 cup corn kernels, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 recipe Seafood Stock, recipe follows
1 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream (optional)
2 tablespoons minced parsley
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons good olive oil
Shells from 1 pound large shrimp
2 cups chopped yellow onions (2 onions)
2 carrots, unpeeled and chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup good white wine
1/3 cup tomato paste
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
10 sprigs fresh thyme, including stems

Steps:

  • Cut the shrimp, scallops, and monkfish into bite-sized pieces and place them in a bowl with the crabmeat.
  • In a heavy-bottomed pot, melt the butter; add the carrots, onions, celery, potatoes, and corn and saute over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are barely cooked, stirring occasionally. Add the flour; reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes. Add the Seafood Stock and bring to a boil. Add the seafood; reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 7 to 10 minutes, until the fish is just cooked. Add the heavy cream, if desired, and the parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
  • Warm the oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery and saute for 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add 1 1/2 quarts of water, the white wine, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. You can make up the difference with water or wine if you need to.

BEST SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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My husband is an avid fisherman. When a family get-together was planned and we had to bring something, we created this recipe using fish from our freezer. The chowder got rave reviews from the relatives! -Heather Saunders, Belchertown, Massachusetts

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner     Lunch

Time 1h

Yield 32 servings (8 quarts).

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/2 pound sliced bacon, diced
2 medium onions, chopped
6 cups cubed peeled potatoes
4 cups water
1 pound bay or sea scallops, quartered
1 pound lobster meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 pound cod, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 pound haddock, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 cup butter, melted
4 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
2 quarts whole milk
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
Oyster crackers, optional

Steps:

  • In a large soup kettle or Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; reserve drippings. Saute onions in drippings until tender. Add potatoes and water; bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes., Add the scallops, lobster, shrimp, cod and haddock. Cook for 10 minutes or until scallops are opaque, shrimp turn pink and fish flakes easily with a fork. Add the butter, salt, parsley and curry powder. Stir in milk and evaporated milk; heat through. Garnish with bacon, additional parsley, and oyster crackers, if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 193 calories, Fat 9g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 76mg cholesterol, Sodium 625mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 17g protein.

SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h5m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

6 ounces slab bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
2 tablespoons butter
2 large onions, diced (about 4 cups)
1/4 cup flour
2 cups clam broth or juice
4 white potatoes, peeled and diced
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 pound shucked clams
1/2 pound haddock, cut into 3/4-inch chunks
1/2 pound Maine shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 pound scallops
1/2 pound shucked oysters
4 cups half-and-half
Fresh parsley, for garnish

Steps:

  • In a large stockpot over medium heat, cook the bacon until browned. Add the butter and onions, and cook for 10 minutes. Add the flour and stir until well combined. Add 2 to 3 cups broth. Then add the potatoes, thyme, pepper, and salt and bring to a simmer. Cook until the potatoes are almost fork tender, about 10 minutes. Add the clams, haddock, shrimp, scallops, and oysters and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the half-and-half and heat through (do not bring to a boil or the chowder will curdle). When finished add parsley and serve.

CREAMY DELICIOUS SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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This is so beautiful! Peeling the potatoes is optional...your preference. Add some french bread and a salad and you have a meal! It can also be prepared and frozen for future use! Freeze in airtight container, then thaw in refrigerator for 24 hours. Place in a saucepan and cook over low heat until heated thoroughly....stir often! Adapted from Southern Living.

Provided by breezermom

Categories     Chowders

Time 55m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 19

1 1/2 lbs fresh shrimp, unpeeled, medium size
vegetable oil cooking spray
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup red sweet bell pepper, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 1/2 cups water
3 cups red potatoes, peeled and diced
1 cup carrot, diced
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
2 bay leaves
2 (12 ounce) cans evaporated skim milk
2 (8 3/4 ounce) cans salt-free cream-style corn
1 teaspoon hot sauce
1 lb fresh crabmeat, drained and picked of shells

Steps:

  • Peel and devien shrimp. Set aside.
  • Coat a dutch oven with cooking spray; add oil, and place over medium high heat until hot. Add onion, celery, red pepper, and garlic. Cook until tender.
  • Add flour and cook, stirring contatnly, one minute. Gradually add in chicken broth, water and next 5 ingredients.
  • Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer uncovered, stirring often for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
  • Stir in milk, corn and hot sauce. Return to a boil. Add shrimp and crabmeat; cook 5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink, stirring constantly.
  • Remove and discard bay leaves.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 267.8, Fat 2.9, SaturatedFat 0.6, Cholesterol 133.2, Sodium 546.5, Carbohydrate 29.1, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 11.1, Protein 30.6

SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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This chowder of root-cellar vegetables, clams and fish is one of the easiest and best things to cook for a weekend dinner with family and friends. Use a mixture of butter and the powdered dried seaweed called dulse as the flavored fat in which you sauté the vegetables before deglazing them, and each individual flavor in the resulting stew will pop - from carrot to leek, parsnip to potato, bacon to clam to scallop to fish. The seaweed is a powerful flavor enhancer. You can omit it if you want, but really, you shouldn't.

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     soups and stews, main course

Time 1h

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

36 medium-size quahog clams, usually rated "top neck" or "cherrystone," scrubbed under cold water to remove sand and grit
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 pound thick-cut bacon, diced
2 tablespoons dulse flakes
2 leeks, tops removed, halved and cleaned, then sliced into half-moons
2 carrots, peeled and halved, then sliced into half-moons
2 parsnips, peeled and halved, then sliced into half-moons
2 medium-size all-purpose potatoes, like Yukon Gold, cubed
1 cup dry white wine
3 sprigs thyme
2 bay leaves
2 cups heavy cream
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 pound firm white fish fillets, like cod, tautog or sea bass, cut into fingers
1/2 pound sea scallops, sliced into coins if very large
1/4 cup chopped parsley

Steps:

  • Put the clams in a large, heavy Dutch oven, add about 4 cups water, then set over medium-high heat. Cover, and cook until clams have opened, approximately 10 to 15 minutes. (Clams that fail to open should be discarded.) Strain clam broth through a sieve lined with cheesecloth or doubled-up paper towels, and set aside. You should have 5 or 6 cups. Remove clams from shells, and set aside as well.
  • Rinse out the pot, and return it to the stove. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter, and turn heat to medium-low. Add bacon, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the pork has started to brown, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove pork from fat, and set aside.
  • Add the dulse and the leeks to the fat, and cook, stirring frequently, until the leeks are soft but not brown, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, then stir in the carrots, parsnips, potatoes and wine, and continue cooking until wine has evaporated and the vegetables have just started to soften, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Add enough clam broth to just cover them, approximately 4 to 5 cups, reserving the rest for another use. Add the thyme and the bay leaves.
  • Partly cover the pot, and simmer gently until vegetables are tender, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, chop the clams into bits about the size of the bacon dice. When the vegetables are tender, add the cream, and stir in the chopped clams and reserved bacon. Add black pepper to taste. Let come to a simmer. (Do not let chowder come to a full boil.) Remove the thyme and the bay leaves, and discard.
  • If serving right away, slip the fish fingers into the chowder, place the scallops on the surface and allow them all to cook into translucence in the heat, approximately 5-7 minutes. But chowder improves mightily if it sits overnight to cure. If you have the time, don't add the fish and scallops right away, but allow the chowder to chill in the refrigerator overnight, then reheat it to a bare simmer before adding and cooking them through. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve, garnished with the chopped parsley.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 495, UnsaturatedFat 12 grams, Carbohydrate 27 grams, Fat 32 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 21 grams, SaturatedFat 18 grams, Sodium 656 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams, TransFat 0 grams

SIMPLE SEAFOOD CHOWDER



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A chunky, creamy soup with salmon and smoked haddock, mixed shellfish and potatoes - a hearty meal

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Dinner, Main course

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
100g streaky bacon, chopped
1 tbsp plain flour
600ml fish stock, made from 1 fish stock cube
225g new potato, halved
pinch mace
pinch cayenne pepper
300ml milk
320g pack fish pie mix (salmon, haddock and smoked haddock)
4 tbsp single cream
250g pack cooked mixed shellfish
small bunch parsley, chopped
crusty bread, to serve

Steps:

  • Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, then add the onion and bacon. Cook for 8-10 mins until the onion is soft and the bacon is cooked. Stir in the flour, then cook for a further 2 mins.
  • Pour in the fish stock and bring it up to a gentle simmer. Add the potatoes, cover, then simmer for 10-12 mins until the potatoes are cooked through.
  • Add the mace, cayenne pepper and some seasoning, then stir in the milk.
  • Tip the fish pie mix into the pan, gently simmer for 4 mins. Add the cream and shellfish, then simmer for 1 min more. Check the seasoning. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve with some crusty bread.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 422 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 21 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 41 grams protein, Sodium 2.3 milligram of sodium

Tips:

  • Use fresh seafood. Fresh seafood is essential for making a flavorful chowder. If you can, buy your seafood from a local fish market or seafood counter.
  • Choose the right type of seafood. The best types of seafood for chowder are firm-fleshed fish, such as cod, haddock, salmon, and shrimp. Avoid using delicate fish, such as tilapia or sole, as they will fall apart in the chowder.
  • Cook the seafood properly. Seafood should be cooked through, but not overcooked. Overcooked seafood will be tough and chewy.
  • Use a good quality broth. The broth is the base of the chowder, so it's important to use a good quality broth. You can use chicken broth, vegetable broth, or seafood broth.
  • Add vegetables to the chowder. Vegetables add flavor and texture to the chowder. Common vegetables used in chowder include onions, celery, carrots, and potatoes.
  • Season the chowder to taste. Chowder should be seasoned to taste with salt and pepper. You can also add other seasonings, such as thyme, oregano, and bay leaves.
  • Serve the chowder hot. Chowder is best served hot, with a side of crackers or bread.

Conclusion:

Seafood chowder is a delicious and hearty soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. It's easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. With a few simple tips, you can make a delicious seafood chowder that your family and friends will love.

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