Best 6 Moms Fish Chowder Recipes

MOM'S NOVA SCOTIA SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Fill a large pot halfway with lightly salted water; bring to a boil. Add onions and carrots; cook until slightly tender, 10 minutes. Add potatoes; cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Stir in salmon, cod, scallops, shrimp, lobster, and crab; cook over medium heat until salmon and cod are firm but chunks are still slightly translucent in the center, about 10 minutes. Drain half the water from the pot and add clams, heavy cream, and half-and-half. Place butter chunks atop the soup; season with salt and black pepper. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until salmon and cod are fully cooked and flake easily with a fork, about 30 minutes.

MOM'S FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cover fish barely with fish stock or bottled clam juice. Cook 5-10 minutes once comes to a boil. Remove fish with spatula, and add to the stock 4 small potatoes which have been peeled and cut into cubes. Boil potatoes in fish stock until cooked, about 10 mins, Meanwhile, mince salt pork or bacon and cook until golden and crisp. Remove and save. Cook onion, diced, in pork fat until transparent, not brown. Combine all ingredients in your stock pot: fish, potatoes, onions, fish stock,salt pork, and add 4 cups whole milk. Test for salt and pepper. (Here you can also add some thyme - though Mom did not) Raise heat of chowder to JUST BELOW boil. Turn off heat and let it sit UNCOVERED for 2 hours, and then put it in the refrigerator overnight. DO NOT cover the chowder until it is cool.

MOM'S FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Dice the onions into 1/4-inch dice.
• In a large, heavy-bottomed soup pot, melt the butter, then add the diced onions. Cook the onions until they are just translucent.
• Peel and dice the potatoes into about 1/2-inch cubes. Add potatoes and clam juice. Simmer until potatoes are just barely tender.
• About 15 minutes before serving, cut any filleted fish you are using into about 3-inch sections. (It will fall apart after cooking into bite-size pieces. Cutting it up smaller before cooking would yield pieces that are too small in the finished dish. Add fish and simmer about 10 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked through.).
• To prevent breaking up pieces of fish, avoid stirring.
• Add the light cream, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and dill. Heat through, taking care to keep the heat low and prevent the cream from curdling.

NOVA SCOTIA FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt butter. Add onion and sauté until soft.
• Add next 5 ingredients; cover. Cook until potatoes are tender-crisp. Do not overcook. Remove bay leaf.
• Add fish; cook for about 5 minutes until fish flakes when tested with a fork.
• Stir in cream; heat slowly, stirring often, until steaming hot.

FAVORITE FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion in butter. Add water and bring to a boil. Add potatoes; cook for 10 minutes. Add fish and lemon juice; reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add milk, evaporated milk, salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley.

MOM'S FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a deep skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions in hot butter until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Pour 1 cup water in the skillet and bring to a simmer. Lay fillets into the water and poach until fish flesh can be gently broken with a fork, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove fish and onions from the skillet with a slotted spoon to a bowl.
• Pour remaining 1/4 cup water into the skillet with the potato cubes; season with salt. Place a cover on the skillet and bring the liquid to a boil; cook until the potatoes are beginning to soften, but remain firm, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Return fish and onion to the skillet; add whole milk and evaporated milk. Season everything with salt and pepper; heat until just before the liquid comes to a boil and remove immediately from heat.