PUOSU Blackfish chowder

[shrimpman steve]

got some requests for the chowder recipe, it was posted last year but here it is again. Enjoy

Here you go, enjoy!!! So you know, I doubled everything in the recipe to make the crock pot size I had today.

Ingredients:

2 lb blackfish (tautog) fillet
8 slc bacon
1 cup chopped onion
2 cup raw diced red potatoes
4 cup water
1/2 cup flour
1 cup clam juice
2 can evaporated milk - (13 oz)
6 tbl butter or margarine
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly-ground white pepper

Method:
Rinse fish and pat dry. Cut into bite sized (1/2-inch pieces) and set aside.

In a small skillet saute bacon until crisp. Remove bacon, blot excess fat with paper towels, crumble and set aside.

Discard bacon drippings except for approximately 2 tablespoons. Add onions and saute in bacon fat until tender but not brown.

Transfer onions to a deep saucepan and add potatoes and water. Cover and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add fish and simmer for about 10 more minutes or until fish and potatoes are done.

In a small bowl combine flour and clam juice and stir with a fork until smooth. Add to fish and potato mixture stirring constantly to blend flour into cooking liquid. Stir in evaporated milk, butter and salt and pepper to taste. Continue heating over medium heat until chowder thickens.

Garnish with crumbled bacon before serving.

[LeftyReeler]

Steve I tried this over the weekend with a little of my own extra ingredients and viola' it was superb. Great recipe, fast and easy...I used corn starch instead of the flour (about 1/2 the amount) and she thicken-up in a jiff.

Thanks again.

[shrimpman steve]

MMMMMM-mmmmmmm good glad to hear you liked it!

[SNAPS]

I tried this recipe also over the wk end, I like to "modify recipe's" also used the cornstarch and instead of water I used chicken broth, would have used all clam broth instead but the local "shop wrong" was sold out I happen to have 1 can at home.

So, next time I make it :
1) sub the water w/ clam broth
2) sub the flour w/ corn starch
3) a couple of cloves of chopped garlic when cooking the onions
4) sub the red potatoes w/ yukon gold or idaho backing potatoes, they may hold up slightly better, although the red potatoes are very tasty.
5) add some fresh parsley, maybe nutmeg , thyme or bayleaf ?

Thanks for posting it, made it for my dad and wife they both loved it, my wife is not a real fish lover, took it for lunch and fed the girls there, was a big hit.

[mickrazz]

I don't feed the girls soup...

[Foul Hook]

Great recipe!

[snook4fun]

Sounds good SS! I'm gonna have to try it!

[JD in Trenton]

Black fish make the best fish stock have you made a sauces with it , creme friech. or sour cream to me cook slowly the bones and heads and get the flavor.

[Tuna Tales]

As always, great chowder recipe - I made some again last night!!


Joe T.