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1/4 lb Bacon cut in small pieces
1 ts Paprika
1/2 c Chopped onion
1 c Diced raw potato
1 cn (6.5-oz) chopped clams
With liquid 1/4 c White wine
1 c Crab legs/imitation crab
1 c Shrimp
1 c Scallops halved/quartered
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
1 Bay leaf
1/2 ts Thyme
2 1/2 c Skim milk
1/2 c Instant mashed potatoes to
Thicken Any other shellfish you Like In a heavy soup pot or
kettle, brown the bacon with the paprika, onion and potato,
sauteing until potato and onions are soft and bacon is cooked.
Add
the clams, wine, crab legs, shrimp, scallops and nay other seafood
or fish.
Season with salt and pepper, bay leaf and thyme.
Stir in
the milk and heat over low flame, stirring constantly.
Do not allow
mixture to boil.
When seafood and fish are thoroughly heated
through, thicken chowder by adding instant potatoes.
Remove bay
leaf and serve.
Chowder may be prepared ahead, refrigerated, then
re-heated in a crock pot or over very low heat.
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