Cajun Shrimp Chowder
a little creamy a little heat and a lot of comfort soup
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.