Best Southern Red Salmon Stew Recipes

SALMON STEW

Steps:

• Blend together the red pimiento peppers, Tomatoes, Jalapeno, Ginger, and Garlic
• Preheat the Oil in a pan, add the Salmon Fish and brown the skin. (Optional) Read Note #3
• In the same pan, add the diced Onions and saute over medium heat until the Onion is translucent.
• Add the Tomato paste and mix it around a bit so that it's well scattered in the Oil. If it's too thick you can add a splash of water. Add the thyme and bay leaves and leave to fry for about three minutes.
• Add the blended sauce and stir together cover it up and leave to cook for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally in order to prevent the stew from burning.
• Season with Salt, black pepper, Curry powder, Bouillon Powder, and Paprika. Add the chicken broth to loosen it up a bit. Adjust the seasoning at this point if necessary.
• Gently drop the salmon Fish one at a time inside the stew. Cover and cook until salmon is cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes or about 5 minutes for smaller or thinner fillets.
• Add a generous amount of Parsley and serve.

BASQUE-STYLE SALMON STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan and add the peppers, onion and potatoes. Cook, stirring regularly for 5-8 mins until golden. Then add the paprika, garlic, thyme and tomatoes. Bring to the boil, stir and cover, then turn down heat and simmer for 12 mins. Add a splash of water if the sauce becomes too thick.
• Season the stew and lay the salmon on top, skin side down. Place the lid back on and simmer for another 8 mins until the salmon is cooked through. Scatter with parsley, if you like, and serve.

SOUTHERN RED SALMON STEW

Steps:

• Pour both bottles of V8, crushed tomatoes, salmon, sausage, and potatoes into a large stock pot.
• Saute onions in butter until translucent, then add to pot.
• Fry bacon until crispy, crumble, and add to pot.
• Season to taste with Texas Pete, salt and pepper, and cook on medium until potatoes are done and flavors have melded. It may be necessary to add water, depending on the consistency that you want.

CATFISH STEW

Steps:

• Brown bacon or fatback in a Dutch oven or soup pot over medium-high heat until crisp. Add onions and celery then sauté until onions are tender (3-5 minutes).
• Add tomatoes, ketchup, worcestershire, seasonings and potatoes then stir well. Add water to the pot until potatoes are just submerged.
• Bring pot to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook for 20-30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Directions for using catfish fillets: Add catfish, cover then continue cooking for 10 minutes. Proceed to Step 5.
• Directions for using whole, dressed catfish: Add whole, dressed catfish, cover then continue cooking for 15 minutes or until catfish is cooked through. Remove catfish from the pot then remove the cooked fish from the bones and skin. Discard bones and skin. Add cooked catfish back to the stew then gently stir. Proceed to next step.
• Taste for seasoning then add salt and pepper if desired. Remove from heat, cover then allow stew to rest for 15-20 minutes before serving.

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FISH STEW

Steps:

• Cut the bacon slices into 1-inch squares. Brown them in the bottom of a 10-to-12-quart stockpot over medium heat. Once bacon is crisp, remove it and reserve, leaving the bacon fat in the pot. Whisk the tomato paste into the fat, making sure you scrape up all the brown bits left from browning the bacon.
• Turn the heat off and begin layering the ingredients in the stockpot. Start with a layer of potatoes, followed by a layer of onions and garlic, followed by a layer of fish. Top the fish with roughly a third of the salt, a third of the chile flakes and 1 bay leaf. Repeat this layering process two more times.
• Fill the pot with enough cool water to just barely reach the top of the fish. (If there's a little fish peeking out over the top, that's O.K. - better than if it's swimming in water.) Cover the pot with a tightfitting lid and slowly bring to a boil over medium-high heat. (Throughout the cooking, resist the urge to stir.) Once it starts to boil, reduce heat and let it cook, covered, at a high simmer for about 15 minutes. Check the potatoes for doneness. They should be barely tender, not falling apart.
• Use a large spoon to remove the fat from the surface of the soup, and discard. Taste the broth and add more salt if needed. Then, with the stew at a good simmer, add the eggs one by one in a single layer over the top. (Crack each egg into a small cup before dropping it in.) Cook the eggs for 5 minutes until they are lightly set.
• As soon as the eggs are lightly set, use a large ladle to portion out the stew. A proper serving is at least half a fish steak, some potatoes, some onions and an egg swimming in broth. Shower each bowl with bacon, and serve immediately with a piece or two of bread, if desired.

EXTRA EASY SALMON STEW

Steps:

• 1. In a small stew pot or dutch oven, melt your butter over medium low heat.
• 2. While your butter is melting, quarter the medium onion and chop it in a mini chopper so that it is chopped fine but not mushy.
• 3. Add the chopped onion to the butter and saute on med. heat until clear and soft.
• 4. Stir in the deboned and skinned salmon, mix well.
• 5. Slowly pour the milk in and the reserved broth if you want more of the salmon flavor, & reduce your heat to low so as not to scald it. Stir every few minutes until it is steaming and the stew is heated well.
• 6. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve while steaming hot.

SALMON STEW

Steps:

• Steam potatoes til soft, drain water.
• Using a Dutch oven, add milk, salmon, potatoes, butter, salt and pepper.
• Cook on medium heat stirring constantly for approximately 20 minutes.
• Do not allow to boil or milk will curdle.
• Remove from heat and serve with crackers.