Dearest eaters and readers,
Welcome to another Tasty Tuesday. It’s been awhile since I brought you something from my kitchen. Time to rectify that! As I said in February, when I shared my chicken cordon bleu soup, someday, I’m going to share a recipe for something other than soup. But not today!! Yup, sharing another soup recipe, this time for shrimp chow-da!! Was inspired to make this by some delicious bowls of chowder we enjoyed during my visit to Washington and Duke’s Seafood and Chowder House in Seattle/Tacoma.
PC enjoyed a bowl of New England clam chowder at Duke’s but mine was lobster and clam chowder. Had almost smoky, sweet flavor. So good.
Today’s recipe is a whole lot like a hardy bowl of Duke’s chowder. Throw the ingredients in your crock pot, like I did, and let this soup simmer all afternoon. Toss up some salad, maybe add a loaf of crusty bread and dinner is served.
Meet you in the kitchen?
Crock Pot Shrimp Chowder
This thick soup was yummy the first day and maybe even better the second. The recipe was in a “Taste of Home: Soups” magazine, winter 2019. My daughter Brennyn is following a keto diet and with PC’s recent elevated levels in his blood work, I have been trying to cook more keto-friendly = fewer carbs. She found this very similar recipe for shrimp chowder that might be even better for us. Will try it very soon.
Ingredients
Generally have most of these ingredients on hand. However, this weekend I was appalled to discover most of my cans of soup had LONG expired. Lest you think I don’t clean out my pantry, I truly do! Wondering if maybe the commissary sold some expired canned goods? Found a can that expired in 2006. We have not even been in this house that long. I know I didn’t move a can of soup over from my old house, that was already 2 years expired, when we moved into this house in 2008.
So, I have again cleaned out my pantry. And now I need some soup.
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 2 cans (12 ounces each) evaporated milk
- 2 cans (10 1/4 ounces each) condensed cream of potato soup, undiluted
- 2 cans (10 1/4 ounces each) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted (I used fat-free)
- 1 can (7 ounces) white or shoepeg corn, drained
- 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning (I used Cajun – almost the same?)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin (my idea, not in original recipe)
- 2 pounds, peeled and deveined, cooked small shrimp
- 3 ounces cream cheese, cubed (I used a mix of low-fat and fat-free)
Directions
- In a skillet, saute onion in butter until tender (because of PC’s sensitive stomach, I often use onion powder and less real onion).
- Combine onion, milk, soups, corn, Creole (or in my case, Cajun) seasoning and garlic powder in a 5 quart crock pot.
- Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
- Stir in small shrimp and cubed cream cheese.
- Cook 30 minutes more until shrimp are heated and cream cheese is melted. I found our soup was not warm enough, probably because the shrimp were frozen and cooled it quite a bit. So, I heated it 30 additional minutes on high.
- Stir well before dishing up soup into bowls.
Nutrition
One cup of this shrimp chowder is 202 calories, 8 gram of fat (4 grams saturated fat), 13 grams of carbohydrates, 20 grams of protein. My daughter’s keto recipe has 391 calories, 31 grams of fat, 5.6 grams of carbohydrates, 16.5 grams of protein. All my life, I have worried more about fat in my food than anything else. The keto diet is so foreign to me because it is higher in fat and lower in carbs. Although I am certainly no dietician, it is my opinion that the best diet is eating a little of everything in moderation.
Your Turn
Are you a fan of clam or any other kind of chowder? I grew up eating New England clam chowder when we lived in…yup, New England. PC really likes it, too. Would like to try this recipe again, exchanging the shrimp for clams.
If you have a favorite chowder recipe, please share in a comment below. My friend Dani at Love.Inspiration.Family recently shared a scrumptious stew recipe. I am looking forward to making it very soon. You might want to pin it to try, too.
Hope you are off to a wonderful Easter week. I have lots of irons in the fire this week and then leave for Kentucky on Monday as PC leaves for Washington, again. Thank you for coming by today.
Hugs and kisses,

Yummy! I love chowder – and crockpots. Thanks for a great recipe idea.
Oh, Janet, this soup is so savory. If you like shrimp and soup, please consider trying it.
Yum! This looks delicious — and is less calories than I would have guessed!
Thanks for sharing this!
Oh, Donna, if you fancy shrimp and soup, please give this recipe a try!!
Chowder isn’t a dish that you often find over here, which is a shame because it’s so tasty and comforting. And judging by your calculations, nutritious too! If you do see it in a restaurant it’s usually made with smoked haddock.
I agree with you, a little of what you fancy does you good!
Hmmm, smoked haddock. Saw a little of that being used in Washington State in the Pacific Northwest. I am sure it is tasty, too. If you like shrimp and thick soups, I invite you to try this one. It was so good!!
There you go again, giving me another soup to make! Pinning this to make next week. Looks scrumptious! How about you come up with the recipes and I’ll make them and talk about them on IG Stories?! This one has me drooling!
xo,
Kellyann
LOL I loved that you featured my soup on Instagram. I don’t understand how to do those Insta stories. I guess I do, but how do you make them long enough to share a recipe? Can you video tape that long? I used to do a TV show but I am so camera shy. Not sure I can get over my shyness to take off in the world of IG stories. Please feel free to feature any soup I share!!! Thank you so much for making my day.
Oh my gosh! This looks so creamy and delicious. I’m a HUGE soup fan (I mean, my parents used to own a soup restaurant, for pete’s sake). I’m adding this to my recipe folder!
Wow, you are a soup fan. What a great idea for a restaurant … a soup restaurant!!! Hope you will try this shrimp soup. It is really, really yum.
Crock pots are just the best way to make soups!!!
I love my crock pot!!
This looks so delicious, Leslie! I do low carb 2 days a week with this program I’m doing and they’re always stressing lots of fats (healthier fats) on the low carb days, even more fats than protein! I prefer the other days when I can have more carbs. 🙂 I love shrimp, I need to try this soon!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
I love my carbs. But I do feel better lately since I have begun trying to eat fewer of them. Your 2 low carb days have inspired me. I think doing everything in moderation is the key. If we eliminate carbs and sweets all together, then life loses some of its magic!! XO
I love anything with shrimp and I love a good soup. This sounds delicious! I’m pinning and making my husband make this for me this weekend!
Jill – Doused in Pink
Please, please try this shrimp soup. I froze some and have been enjoying it over the past few days. Even better as a leftover.
YUM!! I can just smell it cooking!!
That sounds delicious! I love a good thick “chowda”!