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Seafarer's Slow Cooker Chowder Recipe

Seafarer's Slow Cooker Chowder

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By
Andrew Chase
The salt fish in this slow-cooked chowder lends extra flavour to the broth and better texture to the fish. Although I generally avoid too much cooking of ingredients before they go into the slow cooker, softening the onion and leek makes for better flavour and can be done while you are dicing the other vegetables.

Ingredients

1 lb  (500 g)  boneless salt cod or salt haddock fillet(s)
3 tbsp  (45 mL)  butter
1 Spanish onion, large white onion or 2 cooking onions, chopped
1 large leek, chopped
3 carrots, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
3 or 4 potatoes, peeled and diced
1 bay leaf
Few sprigs fresh thyme, or 1/2 tsp/2 mL dried thyme
1/2 tsp  (2 mL)  white pepper
Pinch each  nutmeg and cayenne pepper
1 lb  (500 g)  peeled deveined shrimp or scallops
1/3 cup  (75 mL)  chopped parsley
1 cup  (250 mL)  whipping cream
Salt

Preparation

Soak fish at room temperature, changing water several times, for 24 hours. Drain; cut into chunks and place in slow cooker.

In large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat; sauté onion and leek until softened and some of the onion is golden at edges, about 10 minutes. Scrape into slow cooker; add carrots, celery, potatoes, bay leaf, thyme, white pepper, nutmeg, cayenne and 7 cups/1.75 L water. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.

Remove bay leaf and thyme. Stir in shrimp and parsley; cook on high until shrimp are cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in saucepan, bring cream to boil; stir into chowder. Add salt to taste.

Makes 8 to 12 servings.

Serving(s)
8 to 12
Nutritional Information
Per each of 12 servings: about
Calories 300
Protein 33 g
Fat (total) 12 g
Sat. Fat 6 g
Carbohydrate 15 g
Fibre 2 g
Cholesterol 148 mg
Sodium 633 mg
Calcium 11 % RDI
Iron 17 % RDI
Vitamin A 46 % RDI
Vitamin C 15 % RDI
Folate 13 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: November 2007

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