Seafood Chowder (Maritime Chowder)
 
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Cuisine: Canadian
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 2 cans (each 5 oz/142 g) whole baby clams
  • 8 slices bacon, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 ribs celery, diced
  • 1 cup (250 mL) grated peeled baking potato
  • 1 cup (250 mL) whipping cream, (35%)
  • 1 cup (250 mL) milk
  • ½ cup (125 mL) dry white wine
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 can (370 mL) evaporated milk
  • 1 lb (454 g) fresh fish or shellfish, chopped (such as whitefish, halibut, cod or lobster)
  • ¼ cup (60 mL) chopped fresh parsley
  • ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt
  • ¼ tsp (1 mL) pepper
Instructions
  1. Reserving juice, drain clams. Set aside.
  2. In Dutch oven, cook bacon, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes. Drain all but 1 tbsp fat from pan.
  3. Add onion (or leeks), celery and 1 tbsp water; cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in potato, cream, milk, wine, reserved clam juice, bay leaves and thyme; simmer until potato is softened and liquid is slightly thickened, about 15 minutes.
  5. Stir in clams, evaporated milk, fish and parsley; simmer until fish is cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes.
  6. Stir in salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves.
Notes
We used 2 stalks of leeks instead of the onion, half and half instead of the whipping cream and chicken broth instead of the white wine. And I didn't grate my potato, I just diced mine and it was fine too.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 734 Fat: 23g Saturated fat: 11g Carbohydrates: 14g Sugar: 8g Sodium: 370g Fiber: 1g Protein: 27g Cholesterol: 118mg
Recipe by sprinkles and sauce at https://sprinklesandsauce.com/seafood-chowder/