Fogcrawler's Pacific Coast Seafood Chowder

Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

10 strips of bacon diced
2 cps. onions diced
6 tbs. instant potatoes
1 qt. clam juice
2 qts. heavy whipping cream
4 lbs. yukon gold potatoes
1 lb. mixed seafood raw (octopus, squid, mussel, cuttlefish, etc.)
1 lb. scallops raw
1 lb. clams cooked
1 tbs. ground mustard
2 tbs. old bay seasoning
2 whole crab cooked
2 lbs. jumbo shrimp cooked


Directions

Start off by placing a 14 deep oven over a full layer of briquettes.

Brown diced bacon not too fast or too hot... You want the grease.

Add 2 cups of diced onions.

When the onions start to turn translucent, sprinkle the instant potatoes over the mixture and then add the quarts of clam juice and heavy whipping cream.

Slice and dice the potatoes and add them to the mixture... Let this cook for a bit using a single ring of briquettes under the oven and one ring with five extra briquettes on the lid Change briquettes every hour.

When the base begins to thicken and the potatoes start to cook... Add old bay seasoning, mustard, all of the seafood except the crab and shrimp. Lift the lid occasionally to make sure it's not boiling and stir while the lid is off.

Back the two crabs so you can easily crack the body and leg meat.

Add the crab meat and shrimp meat... Simmer for at least one hour.

Total cooking time is approximately 4 hours.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• outdoor cooking
• outdoor cast iron cooking
• dutch oven cooking
• seafood chowder

[pnutbutrncrackers]

Looks terrific. Thanks for the upload. Two questions:

1) Is the reason you discarded the 'crab butter' just b/c some people don't like the looks of it? I've done a little research and have yet to find a compelling reason we should not eat it. In fact some people consider it a delicacy.

2) About how many servings does your 14" deep D.O. make. A lot, probably. I was thinking I could scale everything down for a 12-inch dutch.

Thanks again. Can't wait to try it!

[outdoorcastironcook]

@pnutbutrncrackers

1) Yes... Crab butter is a delicacy, but the average person here in the states would probably turn their nose up at it.

2) 30 -40 servings depending on serving size. (40 - 8 oz.) If the 12" oven you're going to use is a deep, you won't need to scale down the recipe much... We actually used about 3 lbs. of clams in the video.

[basundra]

Lol, the Cheetos at the end

[christoabbe]

I LOVE AMERICA

[chevyvictor]

@TEKAYE01 Kia Ora! i got 2 dutch ovens, be doing chickens and mussels in them soon.

[9showoffsin1]

have you guys ever been to st. James MO meramec springs i think my wife and I seen you all their one time you made monkey bread it was really good. if so let me know the next time you all are out... all the best Rudy.

[oceanhunta1]

Sensational and too easy guys. I followed yr way keeping it simple as. Yummy f.. Kn yum . I sourced thru to find the most lamens easiest way and the scrumptiou

[ThePrattre]

so wished I was there to try that!!!!

[pnutbutrncrackers]

@outdoorcastironcook Thanks for the prompt response, and keep rockin' the cast iron!

[29render]

6:25 Bless you! VERY VERY impressed! Great upload and thanks!