Lobster Corn Chowder
Ingredients
- One Lobster - about 1 1/2 - 2 lbs
- Butter - 2 table spoons
- Vidalia Onion - 1 medium sized
- Celery Stalks - about 2
- Creamed Corn - one can
- Potatoes - about 2 large
- Fresh or Frozen Corn - about 1 cup
- Sweet Red Pepper - 1
- Half and Half - 1 1/2 cups
- salt - to taste
- black pepper - to taste
- thyme - pinch
- chipotle pepper - pinch
Instructions
Steam lobster, shell, chop meat and set aside. You can also buy lobster meat already cooked. If you need instructions on how to steam lobster click here: http://www.lobsterfrommaine.com/steamed-lobster-cooking-tips.aspx.
Melt butter in a Dutch oven or a soup pot, add diced onion and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add diced celery and cook for additional 2 minutes. Add a dash of salt, black pepper, thyme and chipotle pepper (I don't like spicy, so I use just a touch of it for depth, but feel free to go all out!) Add the creamed corn, stir and cook for additional 2 minutes until heated through. Add about 4 cups of water. You can also use vegetable broth or seafood stock. I sometimes use the reserved liquid from steaming lobsters. If you do so, control the amount of salt you put in as most stocks already have plenty of salt in it.
Bring to a boil, lower the temperature and simmer for about 10-15 minutes. Move the pot off direct heat and blend everything with immersion blender (if you don't have one, you can transfer to regular blender, blend and return to pot.
Add diced potatoes and bring to boil again, lower the temperature and simmer for additional 10 minutes, just until the potatoes are tender. Add diced red pepper, half and half and heat through for additional 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Ladle hot soup into bowls and garnish with reserved lobster meat. Enjoy!
So I wasn’t sure what recipe to choose for my first post and then, melting in the sweltering heat of the summer, it hit me – has to be something summery and one of my husband’s favorites. He is after all a major inspiration for my cooking and the reason why I cook every day, despite a full time job. His ranting and raving over my cooking has lead to many inspirations of how to simplify recipes so that I can make them for a weeknight dinner instead of reserving good chow just for the weekends 🙂
So hear it goes… 45 minute version of delicious, weeknight Lobster Corn Chowder… I make in the summer when price of lobsters goes down and will also recommend it for anyone on the budget looking to impress someone. Always works for me.
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Hi, my name is Lucy and I enjoy spoiling everyone around me with some homemade treats. I decided on memorializing my endeavors in the kitchen for everyone to see and be inspired, because “The Good Life” starts with good food. Follow my blog for some tips for quick easy but delicious ideas. Enjoy!
This came out beautifully! Thank you for a very flavorful and easy to follow recipe that made for an out-of-the-ordinary weeknight supper. Many of the bisques add bacon, but I find that you don’t need it with the addition of the smoky chipotle and the vivid sweetness of the red pepper. Keep up the great work!