Red chile seafood chowder is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 30g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 413 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. If you have allspice, salt and pepper, cayenne, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the allspice you could follow this main course with the Allspice Angel Food Cakes With Pineapple Curd And Oven-dried Pi as a dessert.
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In a dry skillet heated on high, toast the guajillo chiles on each side for about 10 seconds or until they start to puff. Fill the skillet with enough water to cover chiles. Leave the heat on until water begins to boil and then turn off the heat and let chiles soak until soft, about 30 minutes. Once hydrated, discard the soaking water and rinse the chiles.
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Guajillo Pepper
Chili Pepper
Toast
Water
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Frying Pan
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Place into a blender.Meanwhile, if using fresh clams, fill a pot large enough to hold the clams with 2 cups of water. When it comes to a boil, add the clams, cover the pot and let them steam until the shells open, about 3-5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the clams from the pot (throw out any clams that dont open), discarding the cooking liquid. When cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the shells, rinse well to remove any additional grit and chop. If using canned chopped clams, drain and rinse well to remove any shell pieces and grit.In a large pot, cook the bacon on medium heat until the fat is rendered.
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Pasta Shells
Bacon
Clams
Water
Meat
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Slotted Spoon
Blender
Pot
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Remove the bacon and drain on a paper-towel-lined plate. Leave 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat in the pot (reserve the rest for another use) and add the onions to the pot. Cook on medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes.
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Bacon
Onion
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Pot
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Add the garlic and cook for 30 more seconds.
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Garlic
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Place cooked onions and garlic into the blender.
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Garlic
Onion
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Blender
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Add to the blender the canned tomatoes with their juice, the chipotle chile, the cumin, oregano, allspice, ginger and cayenne. Blend for 3 minutes until its extremely smooth.
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Canned Tomatoes
Chipotle Chiles
Allspice
Ground Cayenne Pepper
Oregano
Ginger
Cumin
Juice
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Blender
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Place the potatoes in the pot and lightly sprinkle the potatoes with salt and pepper.
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Salt And Pepper
Potato
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Pot
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Add the broth to the pot, bring to a boil, cover the pot and cook the potatoes until they are firm yet tender, about 10 minutes.
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Potato
Broth
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Pot
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Remove the lid, turn the heat down to low and add to the pot the red chile tomato puree from the blender, cilantro, clam juice and cooked bacon. Taste and adjust seasonings, adding more salt and pepper to taste. (Please note that the red chile tomato puree might aggressively bubble and splatter when added to the pot.)
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Salt And Pepper
Cooked Bacon
Tomato Puree
Clam Juice
Seasoning
Red Chili Pepper
Cilantro
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Blender
Pot
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Add the grouper to the pot and cook for 5 minutes uncovered. Stir in the chopped clams, shrimp and lime juice and cook for another 5 minutes or until the shrimp is pink.
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Lime Juice
Grouper
Shrimp
Clams
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Pot
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Remove from the heat, garnish with cilantro and serve immediately with lime wedges and oyster crackers.If you have any leftovers, reheat the chowder on low and dont let it boil, otherwise the seafood will get rubbery.
Chili on the menu? Try pairing with Cava, Grenache, and Shiraz. These juicy reds don't have too much tannin (important for spicy foods), but a sparkling wine like cava can tame the heat even better. The Sangre de Toro Cava with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 16 dollars per bottle.