Jfk'S Fish Chowder

Name: Jfk'S Fish Chowder
Ingredients: 2 lbs haddock; 2 cups water; 2 ounces diced salt pork (or bacon); 2 onions, sliced; 4 large potatoes, peeled and diced; 1 cup celery, chopped; 1 bay leaf, crumbled; 1 teaspoon salt; fresh ground pepper; boiling water, as needed; 3 cups milk; 1 (13 ounce) can evaporated milk; 2 tablespoons butter

13 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2 lbs haddock
2 cups water
2 ounces diced salt pork (or bacon)
2 onions, sliced
4 large potatoes, peeled and diced
1 cup celery, chopped
1 bay leaf, crumbled
1 teaspoon salt
fresh ground pepper
boiling water, as needed
3 cups milk
1 (13 ounce) can evaporated milk
2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1

Simmer haddock in a fish-poaching pan for 15 minutes. Drain. Reserve fish, broth and bones.
2

In a 10-inch skillet, saute diced pork until crisp. Remove pork with a slotted spoon and reserve.
3

Saute onion in the pork fat until golden brown.
4

Add fish (flaked), bones, potatoes, celery, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
5

Pour in fish broth plus enough boiling water to make 3 cups of liquid and simmer for 30 minutes.
6

Add milk and evaporated milk and simmer for 5 minutes. Correct seasonings and remove bay leaf and ALL the bones.
7

Add butter. Serve in a heated soup tureen and sprinkle top with salt pork.