Name: Shellfish Chowder
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 4 main-course or 6 first-course servings
Ingredients: 5 bacon slices, finely chopped; 2 boiling potatoes (3/4 lb total), cut into 1/4-inch dice (1 1/2 cups); 1/2 cup finely chopped shallots (2 large); 3/4 cup bottled clam juice; 2 1/2 cups whole milk; 1/8 teaspoon cayenne; 1/4 lb shrimp, shelled, deveined, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1/2 lb sea scallops, quartered and tough muscle removed from side of each if necessary; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 lb shelled cooked lobster meat, cut into 1/2-inch-thick pieces, or 1/2 lb lump crabmeat, picked over; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

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This easy shellfish chowder features shrimp, scallops, and lobster or crabmeat, plus a bacon garnish. The potatoes simmer with shallots in bottled clam juice to soak up savory flavor before the milk and seafood gets added. This seafood chowder takes just 20 minutes of active time to prepare.

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