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Quick Shrimp Chowder

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1 medium onion -- chopped
  • 21.5 ounces cream of potato soup -- undiluted
  • 3.5 cups milk
  • 0.25 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1.5 pounds medium-size fresh shrimp -- peeled*
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese -- 4 ounces
  • Garnish: chopped fresh parsley
  • Oyster crackers -- optional

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add onion, and sauté 8 minutes or until tender. Stir in cream of potato soup, milk, and pepper; bring to a boil. Add shrimp; reduce heat, and simmer, stirring often, 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. Stir in cheese until melted. Garnish, if desired. Serve immediately. Serve with oyster crackers, if desired.
  2. /2 pounds frozen shrimp, thawed; 1 1/2 pounds peeled crawfish tails; or 3 cups chopped cooked chicken may be substituted.