She Crab Chowder
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 8
I have finally found this recipe. Have had it in restaurants and loved it..it was delicious so I feel lucky to have stumbled across it while checking out Florida Keys restaurants, Let me know if you try it. The picture is of clam chowder cause I haven't made it yet.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds fish head (preferably grouper), eyes, gills and scales removed shopping list
- 1 medium onion, peeled shopping list
- 2 ribs celery, including tops shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper shopping list
- 4 1/2 cups water shopping list
- 3/4 cup chopped green onion with top shopping list
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic shopping list
- 1/4 cup butter shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh chives shopping list
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 cup heavy cream shopping list
- 1 cup milk shopping list
- 1 pound crabmeat, picked free of shell shopping list
- 1/4 cup sherry shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning shopping list
- 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese shopping list
How to make it
- To make fish stock, combine fish head, whole onion, celery, salt and white pepper in a large pot. Cover with water. Bring pot to a boil, reduce heat, cover pot and cook 30 minutes. Remove fish from pot and allow to cool.
- (Just buy a jar of fish stock powder unless you have a fish head laying around somewhere)
- Separate fish into pieces that resemble picked crabmeat and set aside.
- Discard celery and onion from stock.
- Saute chopped green onion and garlic in butter until tender.
- Stir in flour, stirring until well blended.
- Slowly add 2 cups of the fish stock, continuing to cook until smooth and bubbly.
- Slowly add cream and milk.
- Add crab and all pieces shredded fish
- Add sherry and lemon-pepper seasoning.
- Simmer until piping hot.
- Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve topped with cheese and chives.
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