Maine Fish Chowder
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 35 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1⁄4 lb salt pork, diced
- 4 cups raw potatoes, Diced
- 3 medium onions, peeled & sliced
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3 lbs haddock fillets, fresh skinned (with bones in it)
- 2 cups milk, Scalded
- 1 teaspoon butter or 1 teaspoon margarine
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
Directions
- Fry salt pork to render all fat in a heavy kettle and then remove.
- Add potatoes, onions, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Cover with hot water and cook over medium heat, covered, 15 minutes, until potatoes are just tender.
- Do not overcook.
- Meanwhile, cut fish into large chunks and put into another saucepan.
- Add boiling water to cover and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
- Cook slowly, covered, until fish is fork tender, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Strain and reserve liquid.
- Remove any bones from fish.
- Add fish and strained liquid to potato-onion mixture.
- Pour in milk and leave on stove long enough to heat through, about 5 minutes.
- Mix in butter and pepper.
- Serve at once.
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