So I have been craving some Cajun shrimp chowder. Whenever my local restaurant would have it on their menu I always bought myself, my husband and son a bowl. I haven’t seen it in a long time nor have I had it in a long time so I made it myself. It does taste different but I am pleased with mine and I used larger and many more shrimp in it.

I did end up lightening it up a bit by using light cream and whole milk; instead of just cream. I don’t know if I actually lightened it up but in my mind it’s lighter. My family likes their chowders on the thick side and you can accomplish this a couple of different ways. I made a flour and water slurry. I have also added extra potatoes and by removing half or some of them you can use a hand blender on the rest and that thickens soups up nicely.

The only thing I might do differently is not get precooked shrimp. I might try cooking it in the soup just to add even more shrimp flavor not just Cajun flavor. It is still very good and worth checking out.

Cajun Shrimp Chowder

dclarkabal

a little creamy a little heat and a lot of comfort soup

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Appetizer, Soup

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  

• 1 12 ounce shrimp peeled, deveined, clean. I used cooked
• 5 medium potatoes peeled and diced small
• 1 yellow onion diced
• 1-2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 2 cups chicken stock
• thyme
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• olive oil
• Kosher salt and black pepper

Instructions

 

• over medium heat add to your soup pot a swirl or two of olive oil, add your diced onions and cook for 2-3 minutes; until translucent. Add the minced garlic, thyme, Cajun seasoning and the Old Bay stir for 1-2 minutes longer. Add the butter and flour, cook for a minute or two.
• Slowly whisk in the whole milk. allow this to thicken a bit. Maybe 9-10 minutes. I added the chicken broth and then added the potatoes and cooked them at a low boil until tender. Once the potatoes were tender. Taste for seasonings add some salt and pepper, adjust to your liking. I removed the pot from the heat and added in the light cream and at last the shrimp since it was already cooked.

Keyword cajun, cajun shrimp chowder, Harvest Chowder, shrimp