Salmon and Potato Chowder with Cream
October 13th, 2012 in Hot Soups, Soups by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 40min
There is no better food for crispy fall weather than a cup of thick freshly cooked hot chowder.
This chowder is prepared using salmon and potato as main ingredients and cream and potato starch for thickening. Lemon is optional and can be omitted.
You can regulate thickness to your taste by adding more or less of the starch.
Ingredients:
- 1.5lb of salmon fillet
- 1.5lb of potato
- 1 big onion
- 1.5 cups of heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons of potato starch
- 3 bay leaves
- 6 cups of water
- 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
- A tablespoon of butter
- Half of lemon
- Bunch of green parsley
- Ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
How to prepare, step-by-step:
- Prepare ingredients: if salmon has scale remove it, remove also any remaining bones:
- In a cooking pot, warm up 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil over moderate heat, peel and chop onions, fry them until softened and colored, stir from time to time:
- Add 6 cups of water:
- Bring to boil and add bay leaves:
- Peel potatoes and dice them for soup, add to the pot:
- Cook potatoes until almost ready, then add salmon diced into portion pieces:
- Cook fish over light simmer for about 5 mins, then add heavy cream:
- Dilute potato starch in 1-2 tablespoons of water and pour to the cooking pot then let chowder simmer until desired thickness (5-8 mins):
- Add about tablespoon of butter, wait until it melted then remove pot from the burner:
- Add juice of half of the lemon:
- Chopped green parsley:
- Salt to taste:
- And season with ground black pepper:
- And mix, salmon and potato chowder with heavy cream is ready:
- Serve it hot on any cold day to warm up: