Helen's Original Maine Haddock Fish Chowder
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Recipe: #39908
December 16, 2022
Categories: Soups and Stews, Fish, Haddock, Dairy, Vegetables, Potatoes, New England, Clone/Copycat Recipes, Heavy Cream more
"A simple warm soup not fancy just tasty from a 1950s Maine diner"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (414.3 g)
- Calories 321.1
- Total Fat - 17.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.7 g
- Cholesterol - 148.2 mg
- Sodium - 1118.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 10 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 0.7 g
- Protein - 29.5 g
- Calcium - 51.2 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
In a 7-quart pot over medium-low heat
Step 2
Melt the butter.
Step 3
Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until translucent, 6 minutes.
Step 4
Set aside.
Step 5
Meanwhile
Step 6
Pour the water into a 4-quart pot and add the potatoes.
Step 7
Bring the water to a boil
Step 8
Then reduce to a simmer and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes.
Step 9
Remove the potatoes with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Step 10
Add the fish to the potato liquid and simmer until the fish begins to flake, about 10 minutes.
Step 11
Remove the fish with a slotted spoon and add it and the potatoes to the cooked onions in the larger pot.
Step 12
Stir
Step 13
Slowly add the potato/fish broth and the heavy cream to the onion/fish/potato mixture.
Step 14
Stir well.
Step 15
Add the salt and white pepper, to taste
Step 16
Then add the dill.
Step 17
Simmer gently over low heat for at least 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.