[CH] Clam & fish chowder
Doug Irvine (dirvin@bc.sympatico.ca)
Sat, 05 Dec 1998 18:03:51 -0800
Have not posted anything for awhile...took this old recipe, had for
ages, and changed it somewhat, and here is the somewhat!
Doug's Clam Chowder
2 slices of thick cut bacon, or salt pork
2 cups onions, chopped medium
2 cups chopped potatoes, medium
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup celery, chopped
2 jalapenos chopped fine
2 habs, chopped fine....WEAR GLOVES or suffer!!
6 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
2 quarts of fish stock, make it yourself from chopped up fish, water,
bay leaf, etc!
1 can tomato soup
1 can rotel or similar tomatoes
1 14oz can of clams with nectar...from Thailand is great!
salt, freshly ground black pepper, Calvin's, or Jim's ground chile
powder, to taste
Thyme, rosemary, cilantro, whichever, or a combination of either of
first two & cilantro
Chop up the bacon or the pork and simmer slowly, until fat is
released....chop up bacon, add onions, garlic, peppers, and simmer in
the fat, add the bacon back into the pot, along with the fish stock,
cook this for about five minutes, and add the vegetables. Cook this
until the vegetables are tender and add the tomato soup, undiluted, cook
some more, and add the tomatoes, and about five minutes before serving
add the can of clams.
I also added about 3/4 lb of fresh cod, chopped up along with the
clams....season to taste, and add the herbs...let sit for about five
minutes, make soda bread, or tea biscuits, or just fresh home made bread
or whatever...sea biscuits are fine(if you soak em) Do the tea biscuits,
or soda bread while the chowder is cooking! Great stuff..cheers, Doug in
BC