Murph's Corn and Crabmeat Chowder - Nora Murphy Country House

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 to 5 scallions, minced (all of the white section and half of the green stalk)
• ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 4 to 5 tablespoons flour
• 2 quarts light chicken broth
• 1 dried ancho pepper, cut in half
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon Stubb’s Liquid Smoke
• 1 1½ cups steamed corn (fresh from the cob is best, but frozen is O.K. too)
• 1 pint half-and-half or light cream
• 1 large can of lump crabmeat
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper