Crab Chowder – The Pedernal Project

Name: Crab Chowder – The Pedernal Project
Ingredients: 8 ounces smoked bacon, diced; 1 medium onion, diced; 1 stalk celery, diced; 6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only or 1/4 tsp dried thyme; 2 tbsp all-purpose flour; 3 cups crab or fish stock; 2 cups half and half; 3 medium potatoes, diced; salt and black pepper; 2 cups fresh crabmeat (from about 8 blue crabs); 10 chives, thinly sliced (pale yellow leaves from the heart of celery would also be very good); Zest of 1 lemon; Hot sauce, to taste

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This cream-style chowder is rich with potatoes, bacon, crab stock and dairy, then enlivened by fresh lemon zest, herbs and hot sauce. Use crab stock, combinatio

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Ingredients

8 ounces smoked bacon, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only or 1/4 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
3 cups crab or fish stock
2 cups half and half
3 medium potatoes, diced
salt and black pepper
2 cups fresh crabmeat (from about 8 blue crabs)
10 chives, thinly sliced (pale yellow leaves from the heart of celery would also be very good)
Zest of 1 lemon
Hot sauce, to taste