Salmon Chowder

Margaret3's Note:

A hearty one-dish meal with a salad and some nice bread. Combo of several recipes i have tried. Came about while looking for a way to use up leftover baked salmon from one of those HUGE filets from Sam's Club.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• ½ cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped celery
• ½ cup chopped green pepper
• 4 cloves garlic , minced
• 2 (14 ½ ounce) cans fat-free chicken broth
• 4 cups unpeeled baking potatoes , large dice
• 2 cups sliced carrots
• 3 -4 bay leaves , torn
• 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 1 cup asparagus or 1 cup zucchini or 1 cup broccoli coleslaw mix (or any other veggie available)
• 1 (14 ¾ ounce) can cream-style corn
• 2 cups skim milk , thickened with 2 t granulated flour (Wondra)
• 3 -4 cups leftover cooked salmon (or a combination of salmon and shrimp or other seafood letovers)
• ¼-½ teaspoon liquid smoke

Directions:

1. In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, pepper& garlic in 1/4 c broth til tender Add potatoes, carrots, dill, bay leaf& rest of broth.
2. Cover& simmer 20 minutes til veggies are tender.
3. Add selected additional veg and cook 5 minutes more.
4. Add corn, milk& salmon& liquid smoke and heat thoroughly.
5. Adjust seasonings-add salt if needed.
6. We use a litte Tabasco to give it more of a"kick.
7. "Goes well with a hot loaf of sourdough or other rustic bread.
8. **Evenbetter the next day**.

Reviews

[Yukoner]

So Yummy! I did add 4 slices of bacon and used uncooked salmon instead of cooked. Thanks you cause I'm not a big salmon fan, but have tons in the freezer since my fiance loves fishing.

[redwine]

Looking for a way to use some Salmon, I came across this recipe. Working with pantry items on hand I used sweet red pepper instead of green and a can of white shoepeg corn that I drained, in place of crean style corn. I substituted a cup of frozen mixed veggies for the asparagus and it was delicious ! Thanks for posting.

[KLHquilts]

This is absolutely terrific! Having said that, I must confess that I used this as a starting point, and tweaked it quite a bit ... I used the basic recipe, using broccoli slaw as the veggie. (I used more onion/celery/pepper/garlic, too, 'cause I wanted a thicker soup.) But then I went a little astray ... I used a salmon fillet, two cans of Alaskan salmon, and about 8 ounces of smoked salmon. And then I added two cups my new favorite Zaar recipe -- Low-fat Heavy Cream Substitute. I also threw in some Worcestershire sauce and Old Bay seasoning, and two rashers of crisp bacon ... and I doubled the dill weed. Made it up this morning so the flavors could blend by tonight, and it's already fabulous. Thanks so much for posting this!