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Mike's Stacked Seafood Chowder.

You can cook Mike's Stacked Seafood Chowder using 32 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mike's Stacked Seafood Chowder

1. It's of Seafood Stock [made with all shells & strained x2].
2. You need of ☆ [note: you may not need all of your seafood stock].
3. It's of Quality White Wine.
4. Prepare of Bay Leaves.
5. You need of ● For The Seafood [all fine chopped & presteamed].
6. You need of ☆ [note: reserve all shells for seafood stock].
7. Prepare of Shreadded Snow Crab Legs [look closely for any shells].
8. It's of Crawdad Tails [optional but consider them].
9. You need of LG Lobster Tail.
10. It's of Shrimp.
11. It's of Clams.
12. You need of ● For The Chowder [sauté hard veggies in 4 tbsp butter].
13. It's of Heavy Cream.
14. Prepare of Diced Celery [to be sautéd].
15. It's of Diced Vidalia Onions [to be sautéd].
16. It's of Diced Potatoes [parboiled].
17. You need of Fresh Green Onions.
18. Prepare of Saffron Threads.
19. Prepare of Fine Minced Garlic.
20. You need of Fresh Chopped Parsley.
21. It's of Fresh Thyme.
22. Prepare of Old Bay Seasoning.
23. Prepare of White Pepper.
24. Prepare of Fresh Ground Black Pepper.
25. Prepare of Butter & 1/4 Cup AP Flour.
26. Prepare of ● For The Options [to taste].
27. You need of Chopped Carrots.
28. It's of Sweet Corn.
29. You need of ● For The Sides [as needed].
30. Prepare of Dry Sherry [to drizzle over chowder].
31. You need of Fresh Warm Crispy French Bread.
32. You need of Seasoned Croutons.

Mike's Stacked Seafood Chowder step by step

1. Various cold seafoods pictured..
2. Steamed whole crawdads pictured..
3. Pull all of your crab, lobster, crawdads, clams and shrimp meat from shells and reserve all shells..
4. Create your seafood stock by boiling shells, wine and bay leaves for 15 minutes on high. Make enough for 8 cups. You may not need all stock depending upon how thick or thin you'll want your chowder. Strain your stock twice in a fine mesh strainer or cheese cloth.
5. At the same time, parboil your potatoes for 7 to 10 minutes to soften them before adding to your chowder. It's a real time saver. Small chop..
6. Again, at the same time in a seperate pan, sauté your onions and celery in butter until translucent. About 2 to 3 minutes. Then, add flour and mix well until dissolved..
7. Simmer chowder for 30 minutes. Stir regularly..
8. Add your seafood to your chowder in the last 5 minutes of simmering..
9. Serve chowder piping hot with crispy warm French bread for dipping and seasoned croutons. Also, Sherry to drizzle over the top if desired..
10. Or, crispy garlic crustinins..
11. Enjoy!.