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JFK Chowder

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Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

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About

America's 35th president was a New Englander through and through. Among his favorite meals was a delicately flavored, creamy chowder which reminded him of his home state. JFK Chowder is fantastically filled with bites of tender white fish and hearty potatoes. It's a rich, warming dish perfect for cold winter nights or de-stressing after busy days. JFK Chowder is a soup of Camelot caliber.

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Ingredients

  • 2 pounds haddock, deboned
  • 3 cups water, divided
  • 2 ounces salt pork, diced
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 4 large potatoes, diced
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 quart milk
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • fresh parsley, optional, to taste, chopped, for garnish

Directions

Step 1 -In a soup pot on the stovetop over medium heat, add in the haddock and 2 cups of the water.

Step 2 -Allow it to a simmer for 15 minutes.

Step 3 -Drain the haddock, reserving the cooking liquid.

Step 4 -Sauté the salt pork in the same pot until crisp. Remove the pork with a slotted spoon and set it aside, reserving the fat in the pot.

Step 5 -Sauté the onions in the pork fat until golden-brown, about 3 minutes.

Step 6 -Add the haddock, the potatoes, the celery, the bay leaf, the salt, and the pepper.

Step 7 -Pour in the reserved cooking liquid and the remaining water.

Step 8 -Simmer until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 30 minutes.

Step 9 -Remove and discard the bay leaf.

Step 10 -Add the milk and the butter and allow the chowder to simmer for 5 minutes.

Step 11 -Serve hot sprinkled with the reserved salt pork and the parsley.

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