Corn Chowder with Rice Beans, Chayote and Crab

Title:
Corn Chowder with Rice Beans, Chayote and Crab

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Hot,
Tamales




Ingredients:





     1 c  Rice beans or other very


          -small white beans


     1    Onion, cut in half and Stuck


          -With 2 Cloves


     1    Bay leaf


     2 ts Salt


     2 tb Olive oil


     1 md Onion, diced


   1/2 ts Freshly ground pepper


     3    Garlic cloves, minced or


          -pureed


    12    Jalapeno chiles, seeded and


          -minced


     2 c  Corn kernels, from about 6


          -ears


     2 qt Chicken stock


          Vegetable stock or


          Water


     2    Chayote squash, diced


     2    Red bell peppers, roasted,


          -peeled, Seeded And Diced


   1/2 lb Lump crabmeat, picked over


   1/2 c  Crema Creme Fraiche Or sour


          -cream


          Minced chives for garnish






 Soak rice beans in cold water 8 hours or overnight. Drain, rinse and drain


 again. Place soaked beans in a medium heavy pot with enough cold water to


 cover by an inch. Add onion and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer over medium


 heat, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer very gently 30 minutes. Add 1


 teaspoon salt, and cold water to just cover the beans if necessary. Cook an


 additional 20-30 minutes until beans are creamy inside but still intact.


 Remove onion and bay leaf and reserve. Heat olive oil in large kettle over


 high heat. When smoking, add onions, 1 teaspoon salt, and freshly ground


 pepper. Stir and cook 5 minutes until softened. Add garlic and chiles and


 cook one minute to release their aroma. Add corn kernels, stock or water,


 chayote, and rice beans with the cooking liquid. Bring to a boil, turn down


 heat and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in peppers, crab, and crema and warm


 through. Serve garnished with minced chives. Yield: 6 servings Copyright,


 1996, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved 11/25/96 show


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #321


 


 Recipe by: TOO HOT TAMALES SHOW #6350


 


 From: Pat Asher 


 


 Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 08:01:55 -0600