How to Cook Yummy Seafood Chowder

Seafood Chowder.

You can cook Seafood Chowder using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Seafood Chowder

1. It's of celery chopped (about 3 stalks, I use 4).
2. You need of onion (1.5 to 2 cups) chopped.
3. Prepare of potatoes (around 4 med potatoes).
4. You need of Two-thirds of a package of Hormel cured salt pork cut cubed.
5. Prepare of onion powder.
6. Prepare of garlic powder.
7. You need of dried thyme.
8. You need of bay leaves.
9. It's of butter.
10. You need of Salt and pepper.
11. You need of smoked pork shank.
12. Prepare of lobster imitation chunks.
13. It's of Half a package of seafood mix.
14. You need of chopped clams with juice.
15. You need of large jumbo shrimp.
16. It's of small tilapia fillets (optional).

Seafood Chowder step by step

1. I prep everything beforehand it makes everything so much easier. I cut my potatoes put them in a container. I cut my celery and onions and put them in a separate container. I also cut up my salt pork and pork shank in a separate container ready to go as well..
2. Heat salt pork, celery and onions, thyme, garlic and onion powder on medium-high heat until translucent stirring consistently to even out flavor and make sure the salt pork breaks up. About 8 minutes..
3. 3 tablespoons of butter and potatoes, smoked shank and tsp salt & cook for another 3 minutes. Picture of those flavors and incorporate together..
4. Then add both cans with juice of your clams. Stir for a minute.
5. Add 1 quart of half and half two bay leaves. I add a whole package of my lobster imitation meat, one cup of shrimp (about 6 to 10 large jumbo shrimp) and two cups (about half package) of my Seafood mixture mix. Bring to boil..
6. Stir well, once boiling reduce heat to medium cover and let simmer until potatoes are fully cooked through. Adjust as needed.