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Crab, Potato & Leek Chowder
Imagine a creamy seafood chowder, with fresh sustainably-sourced crab and pops of sweetcorn. Stir in soft potatoes, leeks, cavolo nero and garlic. Then, add a pinch of paprika and lemon juice for extra brightness!
1/3 daily fibre
5 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 200g 50:50 crab meat (Crustaceans) (crab meat 50:50)
- 2 leek
- 5 garlic clove
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 400ml almond cream (Nuts) (Water, almond, sunflower oil, stabilisers (arabic gum, xanthan gum), sea salt)
- 80g sliced cavolo nero
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 280g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 4 large potatoes
Nutritional Information
Calories: 505
Protein: 22g
Carbs: 61g
Fat: 18g
Crab, Potato & Leek Chowder
Imagine a creamy seafood chowder, with fresh sustainably-sourced crab and pops of sweetcorn. Stir in soft potatoes, leeks, cavolo nero and garlic. Then, add a pinch of paprika and lemon juice for extra brightness!
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Cooking Instructions
- Bring a saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Cut the potatoes into 1cm cubes, then add to the saucepan. Simmer for 10-12 mins, until just soft, then drain.
- Meanwhile, finely dice the onion. Finely chop or grate the garlic. Slice the leeks into 1/2cm half-moons. Halve the lemon. Heat a large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Add the onion, leek and garlic and cook for 5-7 mins, until softened. Stir in the paprika, then add the cream, 200ml water and the sweetcorn (with all its juices). Crumble in the stock cube. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 4-6 mins, until the sauce has thickened slightly.
- Add the cavolo nero, brown crab meat, and cooked potatoes to the frying pan. Simmer for 3 mins, until the cavolo nero has wilted. Remove from the heat, then squeeze in the juice from half the lemon. Season with sea salt and black pepper (to taste). Add a splash of water if the chowder has become too thick.
- Roughly chop the parsley. Stir half the parsley through the chowder and the other half into the remaining white crab meat. Add a small squeeze of lemon juice to the crab. Season with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
- Serve the chowder in bowls, with the white crab placed on top. Garnish with any remaining lemon, cut into slices.
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