Seared cod with chowder sauce

Seared cod with chowder sauce

This dish is inspired by chowder, a hearty American fish soup, often enriched with pork and potatoes

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a pan. Cook the shallot and lardons or bacon for about 5 mins until softened. Add the wine, potato and 50ml water. Cover, then cook for 10 mins, stirring often, until nearly softened. Tip in the clams, cover, then cook for 5 mins until they have opened - discard any that don't. Stir through the sweetcorn and cream, and keep warm.
  2. Heat a non-stick frying pan until smoking. Add the oil, swirl it around, then put the fillets in, skin-side down. Season, then cook for 3-5 mins until the skin is crisp. Carefully turn over, then cook for 2 mins more until just cooked through. Spoon the creamy potato mixture into 2 shallow bowls. Place a cod fillet in each and sprinkle with chives.
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GOOD TO KNOW

To stop your fish from sticking, use a non-stick or heavy-based frying pan and heat it for at least 3 mins before adding the fish. Test if the pan is ready by flicking in a little water - it should evaporate straight away. Another trick is to lightly dust the fish with flour before placing in the hot pan to cook.

PER SERVING

531 kcalories, protein 36g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 30 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 2g, sugar 8g, salt 0.82 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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  • 12 July 2009

    What's for dinner? rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Had this for supper last night. Was pretty simple to make and I loved the creamy sauce with the fish.

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    30 November 2009

    Lau rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yummy!!!

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    30 November 2009

    Lau commented on this recipe

    swapped the clams for scallops and worked amazingly

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  • 18 February 2010

    Davina rated this recipe

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  • 18 May 2012

    sarah commented on this recipe

    Very simple, fast and so delicious, made up to adding clams ahead of time, then just 10 minutes to finish. Made with buttermilk biscuits as recommended in mag, they didn't rise much but were light and fluffy just the same.

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  • 16 February 2013

    Alyce rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make and full of flavour. I would recommend getting more than 100g of clams - we had 300g (including shells) and could have done with a few more. Maybe the 100g of clams in the ingredients meant without the shells!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Ingredients

  • knob of butter
  • 1 small shallot , finely chopped
  • 50g lardons or 2 smoked streaky bacon rashers, finely sliced
  • 100ml white wine
  • 1 large waxy potato , cut into small chunks
  • 100g clams
  • 100g sweetcorn
  • 50ml double cream
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 x 150g thick-cut cod fillets from a sustainable source
  • chives , finely chopped
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PER SERVING

531 kcalories, protein 36g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 30 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 2g, sugar 8g, salt 0.82 g

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