Bobbi’s Crab Chowder

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Bobbi’s Crab Chowder

Food Ingredients:
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 large sweet onion, diced 2 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped 3 stalks celery with the leafy ends on, diced 1 stick of butter 3/4 cup flour 10 slices smoky bacon, chopped 6 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, diced 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped (about a handful) 1/4 teaspoon paprika 1 cup white wine 1 tablespoon white pepper 1 tablespoon seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay salt black pepper 6 cups half and half 1 cup frozen corn 1 pound lump crab meat, picked free of shells loaf of crusty bread

Recipe preparation:
1 Put diced potatoes in a pot with cold water just covering them. Heat them to boiling, and then simmer 5 mins. You just want the potatoes par-boiled. Drain potatoes and set them aside. 2 Heat a soup pot over medium-high heat with the 2 tablespoons olive oil, add chopped bacon and cook until fat is begins to render. 3 Stir the onion, garlic, and celery in with the bacon and saute until translucent, about 5 mins. 4 Turn heat to low and add the flour, mix well and let cook about a minute. 5 Whisk in wine slowly, then add the diced cooked potatoes, parley, paprika, white pepper, seafood seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. 6 Slowly add the half and half, stirring constantly. 7 Add the corn, and gently fold in the crab meat. 8 Stir slowly until corn and crab are heated through. 9 Ladle into bowls and serve with crusty bread

Recipe source: Foodista recipe