Seafood Chowder Recipes

Here are some seafood chowder recipes.

A chowder is a lovely thick soup or stew. Here I am going to give you a basic prawn and corn chowder recipe and will then give suggestions as to different combinations of seafood you might like to try.

Seafood Chowder Recipe

2 tbspns olive oil
4 oz (100g) chopped bacon or salt pork
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1lb (450g) peeled and diced potatoes
1 1/2 pints (900 ml) fish stock
12 oz (350 g) white fish, skinned, boned and cut into chunks
8 oz (225g) cooked prawns
8 oz (225g) canned sweetcorn
salt and pepper to taste
Chopped parsley to garnish
Cream or creme fraiche to serve

Heat the oil add the bacon and fry until crisp. Remove and reserve the bacon and pour the oil into your soup pan.

Fry the onion until softened. Add the potatoes and stock and simmer for about 10 minutes.

Add the white fish and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Add the prawns and sweetcorn and cook for another couple of minutes.

Taste and adjust the seasoning.

Pour into bowls, add a dollop of cream and sprinkle chopped parsley on top.

This is excellent served with crusty bread.

Some different seafood chowder recipes

Smoked Fish Seafood Chowder

Use 1 1/2 lbs (675g) of a combination of white and smoked fish and 4 oz prawns.

50 Fish and Seafood Soup Recipes