Adapted From Chef David Bazirgan of the Fifth Floor Restaurant
Oyster Chowder
Information
- Category
- Soups/Stews, Chowder
- Cuisine
- North American
Ingredients
½ cup bacon, finely diced
1 Tablespoon butter
1/3 cup onion, finely diced
1/3 cup leek, finely diced
1/3 cup celery, finely diced
1 teaspoons garlic, minced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1 cup white wine
4 cups half and half
4 cups chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
24 East Coast briny oysters shucked (reserve juice)
Garnish:
¼ cup celery, finely diced
¼ cup potato blanched
¼ cup fine diced crispy bacon
Directions
- Cook bacon over medium heat in a heavy duty sauce pot until well browned but still fatty, about 8-10 minutes.
- Add the butter, onions, leeks and celery, cook covered for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the garlic and cook for one more minute covered.
- Add the thyme and white wine, reduce until almost dry, about 7-10 minutes.
- Add the half and half and reserved oyster juice. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. It will be “broken," but it is OK. Blend the soup with a hand-held or counter-top blender. Then strain.
- Reheat the oysters in the chowder on very low heat, Do NOT BOIL.
Season with salt and pepper. - Add the garnish and serve hot.
Serves 6.
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