New England Fish Chowder Recipe

Serves/Makes: 4 – 6

Ingredients:

• 1 pound haddock or cod fillets
• 1/4 cup salt pork, finely diced
• 1 large onion, peeled and sliced
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 cups diced raw potatoes
• 2 to 4 cups hot light cream, or half-and-half, or milk
• Salt and pepper

How to cook New England Fish Chowder:

• Cut the fish fillets into 1-inch pieces.
• Fry the salt pork in a large saucepan or kettle until all the fat is rendered and until crisp. Add the onion and saute until tender.
• Pour in the boiling water; add the potatoes. Cook slowly, covered, for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are just tender.
• Add the fish and continue to cook slowly about 8 minutes or until the fish flakes easily and the potatoes are tender.
• Add the hot milk or cream and salt and pepper to taste. (We generally use 4 cups of half-and-half.)
• Leave the salt pork in the pot; do not remove after rendering the fat.
• Serve the New England Fish Chowder hot with oyster crackers or saltines and a freshly brewed pot of tea on a cold winter night.

Notes:
The New England Fish Chowder recipe easy to prepare and so good!
New England fish chowder is a milk- or cream-based chowder, traditionally made with potatoes, onion, bacon or salt pork, flour or hardtack, and fish.

This recipe for New England Fish Chowder serves/makes: 4 – 6

Main Ingredient: Haddock
Preparation Method: Soup/Stew
Cuisine: American