Coconut Clam Chowder Recipes

COCONUT CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt the butter over medium-low heat in a heavy-bottomed large saucepan. Add the flour and whisk until completely incorporated. Cook, whisking continuously, until the mixture turns from white to blond, about 5 minutes.
• Add the onions, celery and bell pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the thyme and bay leaf and cook 1 minute more.
• Add the broth and bring to a boil. Stir in the white potatoes and white sweet potatoes and let the liquid return to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low so the liquid simmers and cook until the potatoes begin to soften, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir in the clams and coconut milk. If using frozen and canned clams, add the frozen first, then allow the soup to simmer again before adding the canned clams. Bring the soup back to a simmer and add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the heat, discard the bay leaf and garnish with parsley.

COCONUT CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot, boil sweet potatoes, carrots, and celery in enough water to cover.
• Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Do not drain. Set aside.
• While the vegetables are boiling, saute bacon until crisp in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Set bacon aside, but retain bacon grease in saucepan.
• Add onion and garlic to the saucepan containing bacon grease and saute until soft. Push onion to the side of pan. Add clams and saute lightly, about 4 minutes, do not overcook. Remove clams and onion with a slotted spoon, and add to vegetables in pot.
• Add reserved bacon to pot with vegetables and clams.
• Discard excess bacon grease from saucepan. Over medium-low heat, combine olive oil/lard with arrowroot powder. Gradually whisk in coconut milk. Continue cooking, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Do not boil.
• Add the coconut cream sauce (from previous step), reserved clam nectar, and seasonings to cooking pot. Heat through but do not boil.
• Ladle into bowls and serve.

COCONUT SHRIMP CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add cayenne pepper. Stir in the broth, corn, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in coconut milk. Cool slightly., In a food processor, process soup in batches until blended. Return all to pan. Add shrimp; cook and stir over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Stir in lime juice and cilantro. Garnish servings with avocado.