How to Cook Appetizing Mike's Stacked Seafood Chowder

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

Mike's Stacked Seafood Chowder instructions

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!.