Seafood Chowder

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 slices bacon, center cut
• 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup celery, finely sliced
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 2 cups chicken broth, reduced fat
• 2 cups potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1 cup carrot, finely sliced
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, diced
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water
• 13 ounces clams, canned, undrained
• 3 ounces cod, haddock, pollock (or fish of your choice)
• 3 ounces imitation crabmeat
• 3 ounces shrimp, cooked and peeled
• 1 clam juice, bottled

Recipe

• 1 cut crab and fish fillet into bite-sized pieces.
• 2 spray a large soup pot with nonstick cooking spray add the oil.
• 3 add bacon, celery and onion; cook until bacon is browned and onions are tender; over med-low heat.
• 4 add chicken broth, juice from the clams, bottled clam juice, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and pepper.
• 5 cover; and simmer about 35 minutes or until potatoes are cooked.
• 6 add clams, shrimp, crab and fish fillet.
• 7 heat until fish is cooked about 3 minutes, add cornstarch to water and blend well, stir into chowder; cook and stir to thicken.
• 8 you may need to add additional cornstarch and water to get the desired thickness.
• 9 serve.
• 10 use your favorite combination of fish, mussels ect. try to keep the total weight of seafood to 1 lb.