Smoked haddock & leek chowder

Smoked haddock & leek chowder

A creamy, chunky fish chowder for a winter's day - proper warm-you-up grub

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 (generously)

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30-40 mins

Method

  1. Lay the haddock in a deep frying pan and pour over the milk. Cover and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and leave undisturbed for about 5 mins, until the haddock is just cooked. Lift the haddock from the milk, remove the skin and bones and fl ake onto a plate. Reserve the milk for later.
  2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan (preferably non-stick) and gently fry the bacon until starting to brown. Add the celery, leeks, bay leaves and potatoes, and cook for a couple of mins. Pour in the stock and reserved milk. Bring to the simmer and cook for 10 mins.
  3. Add the flaked haddock, sweetcorn and cream. Season with pepper (it shouldn't need salt) and stir in the parsley. Heat through gently, then serve.
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For a mussel and bacon chowder, substitute the haddock (but still use the milk) for a vac-pack of fresh mussels. Add them at the end with the sweetcorn and cream.

470 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 4g, salt 4.77 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2005.

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  • 03 April 2008

    Ben Burdass commented on this recipe

    I made this as a main using a little less fluid, and more leeks, then topping with the potatoes (slices as in a hot pot) and topped with some vintage cheddar. Very tasty.

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  • 29 September 2008

    Lynndie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    lovely recipe very easy to do but very tasty.

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  • 09 February 2009

    Nancy commented on this recipe

    This is a really tasty soup. Really easy to make and perfect for a winters night, warmed me up good a proper. Will definitely make again.

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  • 07 March 2009

    Lynney rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This soup is really tasty and filling, I liquidised the soup before adding haddock and sweetcorn to disguise the leeks and potatoes from my fussy son! Definately recommend and will make again.

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  • 26 October 2011

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Had this for supper last night and it was great. Only thing I changed was that I had some fresh corn on the cob to use up so cooked that first and stripped the kernals off before adding them to the soup. Also like the idea of using less liquid and using this as a base for fish pie.

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  • 17 January 2012

    Homestyle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So good! Made no changes at all, just plenty of freshly ground black pepper and a Knorr fish stock pot for the fish stock. Beautiful soup. Will be making this often.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4 (generously)

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30-40 mins

Ingredients

  • 600g natural (undyed) smoked haddock
  • 500ml milk
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 150g lardons (diced bacon), or chopped streaky bacon
  • 2 sticks of celery , thinly sliced
  • 3 medium leeks , washed and sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 medium potatoes , peeled and diced into small cubes
  • 500ml fish or chicken stock
  • 125g frozen sweetcorn , thawed
  • 142ml carton single cream
  • 2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh parsley
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470 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 4g, salt 4.77 g

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