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Canada Seafood Chowder

A hearty and delicious chowder from Canada
Course Soup
Cuisine Canada
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 478kcal
Author International Cuisine

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • 3 pieces Canadian bacon chopped (optional)
  • 2 stalks celery chopped
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon thyme dried or dill dried
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 2 large potatoes peeled and diced
  • 2 cups fish stock or water
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups milk
  • 2 cups fish fillets chopped or seafood blend, shrimp, lobster, scallops, crab, clams, oysters
  • 2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 4 Whole grain crackers crumbled

Instructions

  • In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat. If using the Canadian bacon, cook it first and eliminate the butter and saute the following in the bacon fat.
  • Saute celery, onion, bay leaf, dill, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper for about 5 min or until onions start to brown.
  • Stir in potatoes; saute for 2 min.
  • Increase heat to medium-high; stir in water and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium and boil for about 5 min or until potatoes are almost tender.
  • Whisk flour into milk and stir into pot; bring to a simmer, stirring often.
  • Stir in fish or seafood; simmer, stirring often for 5 min or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork or seafood is hot.
  • Discard bay leaf.
  • Stir in lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls and top each serving with crumbled crackers.

Nutrition

Calories: 478kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 598mg | Potassium: 1641mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 509IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 316mg | Iron: 3mg