Manhattan Seafood Chowder

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 slices bacon
• 2 cups celery, diced
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 cups onions, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 cod fish fillets or 1 any other firm fish fillet, cut into chunks
• 4 cups water (or mixture of chicken broth and water)
• 1 (28 ounce) can plum tomatoes
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 16 ounces fresh clams, chopped or
• 2 (10 ounce) cans chopped clams or 2 (10 ounce) cans baby clams
• 1 (10 ounce) bottle clam juice
• 5 red potatoes, cut into small chunks
• 3 carrots, diced
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon mrs. dash seasoning mix
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• louisiana hot sauce (to your preference)
• 1/2 lb small shrimp
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut bacon into small pieces and fry in pan.
• 2 remove from heat, drain and set aside.
• 3 saute celery, red bell pepper, onions and garlic in small amount of bacon grease for several minutes to sweat.
• 4 add fish and lightly sear.
• 5 add water or chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
• 6 add tomatoes, clam juice, clams and simmer for 1 hour.
• 7 add potatoes and carrots.
• 8 season with paprika, red pepper flakes, old bay, oregano and hot sauce.
• 9 simmer until potatoes and carrots are almost tender.
• 10 season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 11 add shrimp 15 minutes before serving.