Beach-Ready Calamari Chowder Recipe with The Posh Pescatarian & Mr D’s Thermal Cooker

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Coconut milk adds creaminess with fewer calories.

calamari

🥗Healthier: shrimp

💰Cheaper: fish

Shrimp is often more accessible and still offers a seafood flavor.

Introduce the recipe as a Turks and Caicos inspired chowder using calamari steak instead of conch.

Show the thermal cooker and explain how it works, including the inner pot and outer pot.

Add a little olive oil to the bottom of the inner pot of the thermal cooker.

Sauté chopped onion, garlic, and celery in the inner pot.

Leave the scallion, potatoes, and cilantro for later.

Once the vegetables are sautéed, bring the chowder to a full boil on the stove.

Remove the inner pot from the stove and insert it into the outer pot of the thermal cooker, sealing it with the lid.

Head to the beach to enjoy the chowder, setting up in the back of a car to avoid sand.

Taste the chowder, noting the tenderness of the calamari, the richness from the coconut milk, and the flavor of the lime.

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