Creole Crab and Corn Chowder
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Cooking:
25 min.
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Servings per container:
6
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Ingredients for - Creole Crab and Corn Chowder

1. Butter - 2 tablespoons
2. Diced onion - ½ cup
3. Chopped jalapeno peppers - ½ cup
4. Diced celery - ½ cup
5. Salt - 1 pinch
6. Seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®) - ½ teaspoon
7. Cayenne pepper - ¼ teaspoon
8. All-purpose flour - 1 ½ tablespoons
9. Water - 2 ½ cups
10. Sweet corn kernels - ½ pound
11. Fresh crabmeat - 2 ounces
12. Water - 1 cup
13. Sweet corn kernels - ½ pound
14. Peeled garlic - 2 cloves
15. Fresh crabmeat - 6 ounces
16. Heavy cream - ¼ cup
17. Spanish paprika (preferably sweet) - 1 teaspoon
18. Thinly sliced green onion for garnish - 1 bunch
19. Cayenne pepper - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Creole Crab and Corn Chowder

1. Stage

Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat; stir in onion, jalepeno peppers, celery, and a pinch of salt. Cook until onions are soft and translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.

2. Stage

Stir seafood seasoning and cayenne pepper into onion mixture; cook for 30 seconds.

3. Stage

Sprinkle flour over onion mixture; cook and stir until mixture is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.

4. Stage

Pour 2 1/2 cups water, 1/2 pound corn kernels, and 2 ounces crabmeat into the onion mixture; increase heat to medium-high and bring to simmer.

5. Stage

Place 1 cup water, 1/2 pound corn kernels, and garlic into a blender. Cover and puree until smooth.

6. Stage

Pour corn puree into the Dutch oven and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer until chowder is thicker and the color deepens, about 45 minutes.

7. Stage

Stir 6 ounces of crabmeat, paprika, and heavy cream into chowder. Season with salt and pepper to taste; garnish with green onions and a pinch of cayenne pepper.