Mediterranean Fish Chowder

Submitted by LucyS-D

"A delicious, healthy fish chowder prepared without dairy."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 6 cups
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 quart water
• 1⁄4 cup onion, minced
• 3⁄4 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic clove, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1⁄16 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup potato, peeled and diced
• 1⁄2 cup carrot, sliced thin
• 1⁄2 cup zucchini, sliced
• 1 1 lb cod fish fillets or 1 lb halibut fillet, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1⁄2 cup dry white wine

directions

1. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add onion, fennel seed, garlic, salt, turmeric, pepper, bay leaf and potatoes. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, about 15 minutes. Add carrots; simmer 3 minutes. Add zucchini; simmer another 5 minutes, until vegetables are tender.
2. Remove 1 cup of the vegetables and broth and puree in a blender. Return puree to thicken soup; Add fish and wine. Simmer, covered just until fish is opaque, about 1 minute.
3. Remove bay leaf and serve with Italian or sourdough bread.

Reviews

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This was great soup! And how refreshing to produce a rich, almost creamy-textured soup without a bunch of fattening ingredients. I added the carrots for the initial boiling because I didn't want them to be crunchy. And the zucchini needed a little longer than 3 minutes to soften up. I didn't have any fennel so I subbed tarragon. I used the immersion blender to puree this right in the pot. Garnished with a pinch of shredded Parmesan cheese and black pepper. We loved this soup for our lunch -- it tastes very sophisticated and how can you go wrong with that calorie count?! Thanks!!