I cook for our chiropractic patients on Monday nights so I needed to make something that would feed 20+ people and not take all day to make. I also wanted to use up some frozen seafood in the freezer. This fit the bill! ALL our patients loved it! I made just a couple of changes/additions to accommodate what I already had on hand. A large can of clam juice for the seafood stock, imitation bacon bits instead of bacon (I know, I know, but I have a husband who can't stand bacon-go figure!), and frozen tilapia instead of cod. EVEN with all the frozen/canned substitutions, everyone LOVED it! I did add some sherry at the end because... it just goes great with creamy seafood soups! Also... very important.. it was true to time... I love and respect that. Great job, javaqueen!
A Little more work than I planned and pretty costly if you add all of the seafood which I did. Was perfect for Super Bowl with the Patriots playing. Highly recommend.
I was unable to find fresh or frozen raw clams locally so I added a pound each of shrimp and scallops. I did not want to use canned or pre-cooked seafood in this recipe. The mix of seasonings was excellent and the thyme really brought it home! It was a huge hit at my mother's annual birthday soup dinner even after riding 110 miles in a crock pot.
I made this last night and pretty much followed the recipe except I has slightly less seafood in it because of what I had on hand. I would make this again but use MUCH less pepper and a little less flour. All in all a very good recipe.
I made a few changes to this recipe but overall I came out great! Here's what I used 2 potatos 3 stalks of celery 2 cans of minced clams 1 pound of cod. Everything else I used was the same as recipe. The flavors are delicious. If I had more money I would have added the scallops. I would have also added carrots. It's creamy and has a lot of flavor. Thank for you posting this recipe.
Delicious and versatile recipe. Veggies broth and seafood can all be adjusted. Just keep the adjusted quantities similar. Same amount of veggies were used but I added mushrooms & carrots but decreased the quantity of potatoes. For the broth I used far free half and half rather than the 2nd can of evaporated milk. And I used seafood stock rather than clam juice. The one caution I would offer is to use less black pepper. I decreased it to 2 teaspoons and it was still overpowering and too hot.
No changes it was good enough for company!
There must be a typo on the black pepper - should be 1 Teaspoon not 1 Tablespoon - just wasted 4 pounds of great - seafood. This would be a good chowder if reduced pepper.
I cut all the spices in half and added only a half teaspoon of pepper. It was delicious!
