Best Haddock Clam Chowder Recipes

HADDOCK CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. In the drippings, saute onion and carrots until tender. , Place bay leaf and cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag. Add to saucepan. Stir in the potato, water and wine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. , Add the haddock, dill, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook for 5-10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork., Combine flour and cold water until smooth; gradually stir into chowder. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add cream; heat through (do not boil). Discard spice bag. Stir in bacon. Garnish with parsley.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a heavy-bottomed saucepot, render the salt pork until just crisp. Remove and discard. Sweat the onion in the pork fat until tender. Add the potatoes and cover with milk. Bring to a boil and let simmer until potatoes are soft. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a separate pot, fitted with a steamer basket, bring the reserved clam juice to a boil. Add clams and cover. Steam for three minutes until all clams are open. Remove the clams as they open and transfer to a bowl. Add the steaming juices to the pot with the chowder. Using a stick blender puree to desired consistency. Adjust seasonings.
• Finely chop the drained canned clams. Fold into the chowder. Serve with steamed clams, parsley, sour cream and grape tomatoes, as garnish.

DANIELLE'S SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter with olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat; stir in onion and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Whisk flour into butter mixture; whisk in half-and-half and juice from drained clams.
• Stir Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into onion mixture until melted, about 2 minutes; stir in potatoes, cream-style corn, corn kernels, and cherry tomatoes. If soup is very thick, stir in water, about 1/2 cup at a time, as desired; bring soup to a simmer and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Season with sea salt and pepper.
• Stir drained clams, haddock, and shrimp into soup; simmer until haddock and shrimp are fully cooked for 5 minutes. Stir in lobster and its juice; cook just until heated through.

DOWN EAST HADDOCK CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place fish, water and salt in large saucepan.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer gently, uncovered, for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Fish is done when flesh is opaque. Remove immediately and when cool enough to handle, break into bite-size pieces.
• Reserve until rest of soup is ready.
• Skim any foam off fish stock.
• Add potatoes, onion, celery and pepper; cover and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until tender.
• Return fish to pan.
• Pour in milk and heat through without boiling.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Swirl in butter.
• Transfer to heated tureen or soup bowls and serve immediately.

SMOKED HADDOCK CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put the fish in a deep frying pan with the bay leaf and 600ml/1 pint boiling water. Cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave to stand, covered, for a further 5 minutes. Drain, reserving the liquid, then flake the fish.
• Heat the oil and butter in a deep saucepan. Add the vegetables and garlic and fry over a high heat until starting to soften. Stir in the thyme and the reserved cooking liquid and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes until the vegetables have softened.
• Pour half the soup into a bowl and mash with a potato masher or fork. Return to the pan with the milk and fish. Simmer for 3 minutes, taste and season if needed. Sprinkle with chopped parsley to serve.

HADDOCK CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels; set aside. , In a large skillet, saute onions and celery in drippings for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add the potatoes, broth, dill, celery seed, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add 2-1/2 cups of milk., Combine flour and remaining milk; stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. add the haddock, cream, spinach and clams. Cook and stir until heated through. Garnish with bacon.

HERBED HADDOCK CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat.
• Add leeks, cover and allow leeks to sweat, stirring occasionally, until softened a bit, about 3 minutes.
• Add potatoes, stirring about 1 minute.
• Add clam juice and thyme and bring to a boil.
• Cover pot, reduce heat to medium low and allow to just simmer about 6 minutes.
• Add cream, return the mixture to a simmer.
• Add fish and simmer uncovered until potatoes are tender and fish is opaque in the center, approx 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle bacon over each bowl.
• Season well to taste with salt and pepper.