Smoked Salmon Chowder

Candice
Candice @candicethecook

I was given a bunch of smoked salmon and wanted to do something with it. Found this recipe online and it turned out fantastic. As a note, I added bacon to make it extra tasty, but is totally optional!!

Smoked Salmon Chowder

I was given a bunch of smoked salmon and wanted to do something with it. Found this recipe online and it turned out fantastic. As a note, I added bacon to make it extra tasty, but is totally optional!!

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Ingredients

8 people
  1. 3-4 tablespoonsbutter
  2. 1medium onion diced (about 2 cups)
  3. 3-4celery stalks diced (about 2 cups)
  4. 4-5carrots pealed and diced (about 2 cups)
  5. 1/2 cupwhite wine
  6. 6-7new potatoes washed and diced (I used red potatoes instead)
  7. 1 1/2 tspdried thyme (I used poultry seasoning)
  8. 4 cupsbroth (I used chicken, can use vegetable)
  9. 4 slicesbacon (optional)
  10. 2 cupsmilk
  11. 1 Tbspflour
  12. 1 cupcream
  13. 12-16 ouncessmoked salmon (I used hot smoked salmon)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat the butter in a large pan over medium high heat. Add the onion, carrots, and celery. Saute until fragrant and soft. Add the white wine to deglaze the pan and get all those yummy browned bits up in the mix

  2. 2

    Add the potatoes, thyme, and 2 cups of the broth. Simmer until the potatoes are fork tender. Whisk the flour into the milk and add to the pan (this helps it thicken up a little bit – more flour = more thickening). Add 1 cup of broth and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until the soup starts thickening just slightly. This is when I added the bacon.

  3. 3

    Add the cream and smoked salmon just before serving. If you let the salmon simmer with the soup for too long, it will get mushy. Taste, adjust, and add the last cup of broth to thin out the consistency of the soup as desired. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    As a note, the chowder was much tastier the next day! I ate some right after making it, it was a little too fishy for my liking, but as leftovers, that fishiness was completely gone!!

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