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Dairy-Free Low-Fat Fish Chowder Recipe

Dairy-Free Low-Fat Fish Chowder

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By
Andrew Chase
This chowder is rich in taste and texture despite the absence of traditional ingredients such as milk, cream and butter. Cured meat can deliver a valuable flavour boost to dishes; in this soup, a tiny bit of bacon adds a lot of flavour and provides all the fat in the recipe. Flash-frozen fish fillets are a convenient and inexpensive fish for this chowder.

Ingredients

2 cups  (500 mL)  cubed peeled potato
2 bottles (240 mL each) clam juice
2 slices bacon, finely chopped
1 large sweet onion or Spanish onion, chopped
1 leek (white and light green parts only), chopped
1 celeriac (celery root), peeled and diced
4 carrots, diced
1 bay leaf
1 tsp  (5 mL)  chopped fresh thyme or 1/4 tsp/1 mL dried thyme
1 tsp  (5 mL)  salt
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  black pepper
1 lb  (500 g)  white-fleshed fish (haddock, pollock or cod)

Preparation

In saucepan, simmer potatoes in clam juice until tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer to blender; blend on low speed just until smooth. Set aside.

In soup pot over medium heat, fry bacon until fat is rendered, 3 to 4 minutes; fry onion, leek, celeriac, carrots and bay leaf, stirring often, until onion is softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in thyme, salt, pepper and 4 cups/1 L water; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.

Cut fish into chunks; add to pot and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Stir in potato mixture and bring to simmer. Remove bay leaf.

Serving(s)
8
Nutritional Information
Per serving: about
Calories 164
Protein 14 g
Fat (total) 3 g
Sat. Fat 2 g
Carbohydrate 20 g
Fibre 3 g
Cholesterol 38 mg
Sodium 562 mg
Calcium 7 % RDI
Iron 13 % RDI
Vitamin A 92 % RDI
Vitamin C 17 % RDI
Folate 13 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: February/March 2008

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