Spicy Corn Chowder with Crab and Prawns

Ingredients

• Half pound smoked bacon cooked and crumbled
• One large onion diced
• 2 stalks chopped celery
• 3 carrots diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper diced
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 4 cups low sodium chicken stock
• juice of one lime
• 1 large bag frozen corn
• 2 large potatoes peeled and diced
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 2 cups fresh prawns
• 1 can good quality crab meat or one cup fresh crab meat
• Hot sauce to taste
• 1 cup milk
• 1 Tbsp softened butter mixed with one Tbsp flour
• 1/2 cup unsalted cracker crumbs
• 1 cup fresh cilantro

Directions

1. Heat the butter and olive oil in a large dutch oven at medium high. Add the onions, celery, carrots, jalapeno pepper, and saute for app. ten minutes until the onion becomes translucent.
2. Sprinkle in the flour, cumin, and curry powder and mix well with the veggies to incorporate
3. Add the chicken stock, lime juice, corn, potatoes, and garlic and bring to a boil. Let simmer for ten minutes.
4. Add prawns and crumbled bacon. Simmer for a minute or two until prawns turn pink. Add crab.
5. Add hot sauce to taste
6. Turn heat to low and add the butter flour mixture, followed by the milk, cracker crumbs and cilantro.

Stir and serve.