Best New England Lobster Chowder Recipes

NEW ENGLAND CREAMED CORN AND CHARRED LOBSTER CHOWDER WITH SUMMER TRUFFLES

Steps:

• In a deep, heavy bottomed stock pot, melt the butter and saute corn, onions, celery, and carrots. Add chicken stock and reduce by 1/2. Add cream and reduce by 1/2. Add thyme sprigs. Set aside.
• Season the lobsters with salt and pepper. Grill until the flesh becomes milky white. Heat lobster stock and blanch lobster claws for five minutes. Set aside. When cool, pick knuckle and claw meat.
• Blanch haricot vert in lobster stock. Remove from stock and place in saute pan. Add cream, truffle oil, and chopped parsley. Hold warm and reserve lobster stock.
• Place creamed corn back on the stove until it simmers. Check seasoning.
• In a saute pan place the picked meat and grill tails. Warm them with the lobster stock.
• Spoon the creamed corn into bowls. Arrange haricots verts around the edge of the bowl. Each bowl receives 2 knuckles, 2 claws, and 1 tail. Shave fresh truffles to garnish each bowl and finish with chopped parsley.

NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy 4-quart saucepan over med-high heat.
• Add the onion; cook, stirring, until it begins to soften, 2-3 minutes.
• Add in the potato, corn, and thyme; stir in the broth and water; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat to med-low; cover the saucepan and simmer until the potato is tender when pierced with a sharp knife, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the thyme sprigs.
• Stir in the buttermilk and lobster meat; cook until the lobster is heated through, 5-7 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper; garnish each serving with parsley and serve.

NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook the onion in the fat until translucent and lightly golden.
• Strain and reserve the fat, discarding the onion.
• To two tablespoons of the fat, add the crushed soda crackers.
• Add the hot milk gradually, stirring constantly until smooth; add lobster and heat in the top of a double boiler for 20 minutes.
• Add seasonings to taste, the remainder of the strained fat and the hot cream.
• Serve with chowder crackers.

RED LOBSTER NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. Combine water and liquid drained from all 3 cans of clams in a large saucepan. Stir in flour, parsley, salt, pepper, bay leaf and thyme. Turn to medium heat.
• 2. When water begins to bubble, add the potatoes and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir often to keep the potatoes from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• 3. Add the clams to the saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• 4. Add the cream and simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Watch the pan carefully to be sure the chowder doesn't bubble over. Turn down the heat if the soup begins to erupt. Remove and discard bay leaf.

NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER BAKE CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook the chopped vidalia onion in the butter until soft.
• Add 6 tbls. or so flour and stir until bubbly.
• Add clam juice a little at a time and stir constantly.
• Add the chopped potatos and cook until softened stirring a few times.
• Add the light cream, lobster meat, can of clams and juice and corn.
• Just before serving add 3/4 of the seaweed salad saving the other 1/4 package for garnish.
• Squeeze fresh lemon wedge onto the chowder after putting it in bowls or serve with the lemon wedge.