Clam Bake Stoup

Serves: 2

Lilian Bahringer

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

58

Spice

50

Sweetness

42

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 large

Onion (chopped)

1

Salt

3 tbsps

Butter

1 clove

Garlic (peeled)

Directions:

1

Heat a large soup pot with extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high heat

2

Add the kielbasa and brown for 2 minutes; add the potatoes, onions, celery, bay, thyme, and salt and pepper and let the veggies soften up 10 minutes, stirring occasionally

3

Pat shrimp dry and toss with a rounded tablespoon (a generous palmful) of seafood seasoning

4

Invert a small bowl and place at the bottom of a larger bowl

5

Shuck corn and stand on end on the small bowl

6

Scrape off kernels

7

Add corn to soup pot

8

Add the tomatoes and stock to the pot

9

Cover and bring to a boil

10

Cook for 4 to 5 minutes

11

Add the shrimp and clams and replace the cover

12

Cook until shrimp are pink and firm and the clams have opened up, 5 to 6 minutes

13

Finish stoup with hot sauce, lemon zest and juice and a handful of parsley

14

While the seafood cooks, toast the English muffins

15

Soften the butter in the microwave

16

Mash the garlic cloves with a little salt and make a paste

17

Add the chives and garlic paste to the softened butter and mix

18

Rub hot toasted muffins with garlic/butter mixture and chop into large dice

19

Serve stoup in shallow bowls with muffin croutons

20

Place an extra bowl at each setting to collect shells as you eat your Clam Bake Stoup