Crabby Corn Chowder

Crabby Corn Chowder

Crabby Corn Chowder

45 minutes

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  • Serving Size:   6
  • Weight Watchers:   15 Points
Cuisine
  • lunch
  • soup
  • main course
  • main dish
  • dinner
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Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 stalk of celery, chopped
  • 1/4 cup chili peppers in adobo sauce, pureed
  • 2 dried bay leaves
  • 1/4 cup dry sherry (optional)
  • 2 cups clam juice or fish stock
  • 4 cups fresh corn kernels, scraped from the cob (frozen is okay too)
  • 4 cups half-and-half or whole milk
  • 1 pound fresh lump crab meat
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 50 grams Plain flour, (2oz)
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced
Instructions

Heat a deep pot over medium heat.

Add oil and butter. When butter is melted, add potatoes, celery, onion, bay leaves and chipotle peppers to the pot. Season vegetables with salt and pepper, mix well and saute until tender, about 10 minutes.

Sprinkle in flour and cook about 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in clam juice and half and half and mix well.Bring soup up to a simmer and continue to simmer for about 20 minutes, or until potatoes are soft.Stir in corn, crab and sherry and simmer for another 5 minutes, until heated through.Adjust the soup seasonings and remove the bay leaf. Ladle soup into bowls and top with a few dashes of hot sauce, if desired.

Serve with some crackers, crusty bread or cornbread.

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