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Caloosa Conch Chowder
A true Southwest Florida original created by Gary Wood
 
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
4-5 cloves garlic, sliced
1 large red onion, chopped
1 habanero pepper, minced
1 12-ounce bottle cheap beer
3 cups water
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon Key Lime juice
1/2 teaspoon dried Cilantro
1 teaspoon dried Oregano
1 teaspoon Spice Hunter Jambalaya Seasoning (salt free)
2 tablespoons Chinese Black Beans or 1 teaspoon salt
1 cube Fish bouillon
2 pounds ground conch meat
1 cup sliced, fresh mango
3 cups small, red potatoes, quartered with skin on
2 links chorizo sausage, precook & slice thinly (optional)
 
Directions

Sauté garlic & onion in oil until onion is soft.  
Add the habañero, beer & water and bring to boil.
Reduce heat to simmer and add pepper, lime juice, cilantro, oregano, Jambalaya seasoning, black beans and bouillion.  
Simmer for 30 minutes.  
Add remaining ingredients & cover and simmer for 1 hour (or more if desired). 

* Note: Spice Hunter Jambalaya Seasoning (salt free) contains the following spices, you may wish to make this on you own, or use a different Jambalaya seasoning:

black pepper, cayenne pepper, white pepper, mustard powder, thyme, cumin & bay leaf

 
 
 

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