Best Oyster Chowder Ever

  4.8 – 21 reviews  • Corn Chowder Recipes

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Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 (12 ounce) container shucked oysters, drained with liquid reserved
  2. 1 onion, chopped
  3. 1 potato, diced
  4. 1 cup coarsely chopped broccoli
  5. 1 cup water
  6. ½ cup frozen corn
  7. ¼ cup butter
  8. ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  9. 3 cups milk
  10. salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook oysters and reserved liquid in a skillet over medium heat until edges curl, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
  2. Combine onion, potato, broccoli, water, and corn in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain vegetables and reserve liquid.
  3. Melt butter in a large pan over medium heat. Stir flour into melted butter until smooth, about 1 minute. Slowly pour reserved vegetable water and milk into butter-flour mixture; cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add oysters and vegetables to milk mixture and cook over medium-low heat until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. If using fresh oysters, save and use that liquid when cooking.
  5. Omit salt if using canned oysters.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 260 kcal
Carbohydrate 25 g
Cholesterol 76 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 13 g
Saturated Fat 7 g
Sodium 298 mg
Sugars 8 g
Fat 13 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Kimberly Lambert
This recipe was so easy. Yes, you need to use a couple of pans, but easy clean up for a BIG return. At first I thought cooking potatoes, onions, broccoli in 1 cup of water was weird…but no. The veggies cooked down and softened leaving behind plenty of broth. The end result was satisfying and flavorful. Top off your bowl with some Crystal or hot sauce if you like a little punch.
Charles Stevens
I didn’t add broccoli or corn but it’s still delicious.
Nicholas Perez
I really liked this recipe and made some changes which made it very tasty. My changes were: 1. 1 cup hopped parsley instead of broccoli 2. Used 2 1/2 cups milk and 1/2 cup heavy cream 3. Added bottled clam juice to the reserved vegetable liquid to make a full cup of liquid 4. Added 3/4 cup of corn instead of 1/2 cup 5. Fried 3 pieces of bacon in the bottom of a pot and used the rendered fat with the 1/4 cup of butter to make the rue (crumbled bacon in the vegetables when cooking) 6. My shucked oysters were large, so I cut them up after cooking them
Tina Williams
Followed the directions exactly and it turned out delicious!!!
Julie Mcdaniel
It is awesome
Michelle Ramirez
I made this today but didn’t have corn. It’s was excellent!
Ann Hammond
My first time ever making oyster stew. It took a little longer but I put a little more veggies like cauliflower and more corn. My husband loved it! It was delicious! I’ll definitely be making this oyster stew regularly.
Patrick Preston
First time making this, it is great. Of course tweaked it a little [I know, I know don’t rate it unless you make the recipe as written] Anyway, only things added was clam juice to cook veggies, prawns and bacon. You could use any seafood.
Courtney Cooper
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Katie Gardner
Followed the recipe, and added some white fish(cod) as my daughter isn’t a heavy oyster fan. It turned out amazing! Or as my daughter put it, “this is the legit thing!”…just like the restaurants! I would make this again.
Savannah Woodard
Great flavor a little short on corn and potatoes for my taste. Added shrimp as the container of oysters I had was not the 12 oz size
Erin Hoffman
I used cauliflower instead and some celery salt. It was delicious
Kayla Miller
Very good, could have used a little parsley maybe.
Rachel Hernandez
This is the most flavorful oyster chowder that we have every tasted. I did make some slight changes. I used charred corn that I find at Whole Foods. I also added a parsley garnish that I happened to have in my cold smoker for another recipe. The tinge of smoke flavor and the charred corn made this world class yummy! We will ALWAYS make this chowder forever and ever. Thanks!!!
Matthew Dominguez
This was really delicious. The only thing I did differently was cook the vegetables in chicken broth and put the oysters (juice too) in the soup at the end and cooked for 10 minutes instead of at the beginning. Super easy. My family loved it, especially my husband who loves oyster stew. Next time I will add more vegetables.
Heidi Park
Amazingly delicious!!! I made it as written and even my 2- and 5-year-olds are it (minus the oysters). The exciting thing about this recipe is that it is a good starting point for other variations (fish chowder, seafood chowder, etc.).
Debra Burgess
This recipe is fabulous! I’m surprised there are not more reviews / ratings, and it’s so good I want to spread the word. I had canned oysters and creamed corn that were expiring and so looked this up in order to use them. I also added carrots, cauliflower and celery, used 2% milk, and used coconut oil and butter for the roux. This is a seriously good recipe that lends itself to modifications, quick and easy. I will be trying with fresh oysters in the future.
Jonathan Henry
I made this yesterday. Even my 8-year old grandson loved it! I used 1 cup heavy cream and 2 cups milk. Instead of frozen corn I cut fresh corn off the cob. My son suggested next time I should add pieces of cooked bacon. Yum!
Pamela Munoz
Wow!!! What a great recipe. I happened to have carrots and celery so added both in addition to the other veggies. Had to ad an extra cup of water to cook them in, but it worked nicely into the soup! The vegetable water just makes the soup so tasty. This is now our Oyster Chowder Recipe!!!
Jennifer Mcdaniel
Good stuff!! I added 1 1/2 cup water to vegetables. Plus 1/3 cup crimini mushrooms,chopped.And since I didn’t have enough oysters I added 8 oz of freshly caught fresh water striped bass,cubed.Many possibilities to this base creamy chowdah??
Allison Douglas
Delicious! I used more of all the veggies than called for (except the onion), so I doubled the cooking water to 2 cups and that worked out great. I used canned oysters, and was very happy with how tender and flavorful they were. The recipe didn’t specify when to add the liquid from the oysters, so I just added it when I added the veggie cooking liquid and milk. Season with salt and pepper, and all of the flavors come together beautifully. This is a very tasty, simple soup, that I will be making again and again~YUM! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

 

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