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Anneke Silva

Lobster Chowder with Shrimp, Scallop and Salmon

4.40 from 38 votes
This creamy seafood stew will warm even the coldest of days.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Course: dinner
Cuisine: American
Calories: 757

Ingredients
  

  • 8 cups Chicken stock
  • 1 White onion diced
  • 2 Carrots diced
  • 2 Stalks of celery diced
  • 400 grams Salmon cut into bite sized pieces
  • 400 grams Scallops
  • 400 grams Shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 2 Lobster tails
  • 2 cups Heavy cream
  • 1 /4 cup Unsalted butter divided
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt plus more to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • 2 sprigs Thyme
  • 4 Potatoes chopped into one inch chunks

Equipment

  • Heavy bottomed stock pot. I like using my Le Creuset French Oven
  • Soup ladel
  • Chef knife
  • Cutting Board

Method
 

  1. Put two tablespoons of butter into a heavy bottomed stock pot on medium heat.
  2. Dice your vegetables (celery, carrots, onion)
    Diced up celery, carrots and onion
  3. When the butter has melted add the diced vegetables and sauté them for ten minutes until most of the moisture has been drawn out.
  4. While the vegetables are sautéing, chop the salmon into bite sized pieces. You can also cut the scallops if they are especially large.
    Gather all seafood for the chowder
  5. Add the stock to the pot and bring it to a boil on high heat.
  6. Chop the potatoes inyo one inch chunks.
    Chopped potatoes
  7. Add the chopped potatoes to the pot, and cook for eight minutes until fork tender, then reduce the heat to medium.
    Add the chopped potatoes to the stock
  8. Add the salmon and lobster and cook until the salmon is firm but slightly translucent in the middle: about ten minutes.
  9. Take the lobster tails out of the pot and remove the flesh from the shell before chopping into bite sized pieces.
    Chop up lobster for chowder
  10. Put the lobster chunks back into the pot along with the scallops and shrimp.
    Add all seafood to chowder
  11. Add the cream and thyme (remove the leaves first).
  12. Finally, add the last two tablespoons of butter and season with salt and pepper.
  13. Cover the pot and let it simmer, stirring occasionally, until the fish is fully cooked: about fifteen minutes.