Island Style Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

2 Tbs salad oil
1/3 cup yellow onion, diced
1/3 cup celery, diced
2 cups chicken stock
3 oz coconut milk
3 oz heavycream
1 small ginger thumb, smashed
1 each Kaffir lime leaf
1 each Thai chile pepper,smashed
2 oz bay scallops
2 oz Island fish (any firm fresh white fish)
1 each bay leaf
Salt & pepper to taste
Roux
1 cup flour
1 cup salad oil

Directions

Add together and mix well until a smooth. On medium heat place a sauce pan and add salad oil. Sweat onions, celery and bay leaf and cook for 2 minutes. Add chicken stock, coconut milk, heavy cream, ginger, kaffir lime leaf, and chili pepper. Bring to a boil and thicken with roux mixture. Add seafood and continue cooking until just done. Season to taste. Remove bay leaf and kaffir lime leaf prior to serving!