JFK'S NEW ENGLAND FISH CHOWDER

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Wondering what the former president liked to eat? Fortunately, the Kennedy Library provides an answer. In March 1961, a handicapped girl named Lynn Jennings wrote to Kennedy asking what he liked to eat. "Please reply to her," Kennedy's secretary advised in a handwritten memo. "She will be extremely happy. Do not mention anything in the letter about her handicap please!" Kennedy passed along the recipe for New England Fish Chowder, one of his favorite dishes.

Provided by Mike Pellerin

Categories     < 60 Mins

Time 50m

Yield 6 cups, 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 lbs haddock
2 ounces diced salt pork
2 onions, sliced
4 large potatoes, diced
1 cup chopped celery
1 bay leaf, crumbled
1 quart milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Simmer haddock in two cups water for 15 minutes, drain. Reserve broth.
  • Remove bones from fish.
  • Saute diced pork until crisp, remove and set aside.
  • Saute onions in pork fat till golden brown.
  • Add fish, potatoes, celery, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
  • Pour in fish stock, plus enough boiling water to make 3 cups of liquid.
  • Simmer for 30 minutes.
  • Add milk and butter and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Serve chowder sprinkled with pork dice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 551.8, Fat 18.5, SaturatedFat 9.2, Cholesterol 140.8, Sodium 1060, Carbohydrate 54.5, Fiber 6.3, Sugar 3.8, Protein 41.6

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