Shrimp and bacon chowder

Name: Shrimp and bacon chowder
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 500 grams shrimp (deveined and shell removed); 2 dabs of butter; 6 medium sized potato; 160 ml cream cheese; 400 ml whole milk; 5 grams chopped parsley; 1 onion; 15 grams chopped green onion (for garnish; to taste salt and black pepper; 500 grams diced bacon

Wine Snob V @LadySnob_V

Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Was very excited to make this meal after trying it at a restaurant

Wine Snob V @LadySnob_V

Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Was very excited to make this meal after trying it at a restaurant

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Ingredients

90 mins

4 servings

500 gramsshrimp (deveined and shell removed)
2dabs of butter
6medium sized potato
160 mlcream cheese
400 mlwhole milk
5 gramschopped parsley
1onion
15 gramschopped green onion (for garnish
to tastesalt and black pepper
500 gramsdiced bacon

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Steps

90 mins

1

Finely dice the onions and set aside
2

Chop the parsley and set aside
3

Chop the bacon and set aside
4

Chop the spring onion and set aside
5

Dice the potato to small cubes like the photo below
6

Melt the butter in a pot big enough to make soup in and add in the onion until translucent
7

Add some of the parsley, not all, you will need it later
8

Add the milk and cream cheese and lower the heat while mixing until the cheese is completely melted
9

Add the salt and pepper
10

Now add the potato to the pot and lower the heat to medium, cover and stir continuosly. Your goal is to cook the potato but not get the contents to stick to the bottom of the pot else you will get a smokey/burnt taste.
11

Fry the bacon and set aside
12

Add the shrimp once the potato is almost fully cooked and leave on simmer.
13

Remove the lid and let it reduce a little.
14

Add the rest of the parsley and bacon to the chowder
15

All done!! Now garnish with lots of spring onion and serve