Seafood Chower

By yollymg

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound raw shell-on shrimp (thawed if frozen)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 shallots, peeled and minced
• 1 sweet red pepper, cored, seeded and diced
• 3/4 pound small new potatoes, diced
• 1 6 1/2ounce can chopped clams in juice
• 1/2 pound tilapia fillet
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 1 10 3/4ounce can condensed cream of shrimp soup
• 1 10 ounce box frozen corn kernels, thawed
• Oyster crackers (optional)
• Snipped fresh chives (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Peel shrimp. Place shells in a medium saucepan. Add 2-1/2 cups water, cover and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add shallots and sweet red pepper. Cook 5 minutes to soften. Stir in potatoes and cook 1 minute. Strain clam juice into pot, reserving clams. Strain shrimp broth into pot; discard shrimp shells. Bring to a simmer, cook 10 minutes.

While potato mixture cooks, cut shrimp and tilapia into bite-size pieces; whisk flour and salt into milk.

Stir shrimp, tilapia, milk mixture, condensed soup, clams and corn into pot. Simmer 3 to 4 minutes, until shrimp is pink and fish is opaque. Top with crackers and chives, if desired.