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Alaska Sea Food Chowder

Type: Fish
Courses: Soup

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 237mlClams - (to 1 1/2)
6 cups 1422mlAssorted fish - (2 1/2 lbs)
  = (halibut, salmon, cod, rockfish to
  Whatever's in the freezer!)
1 cup 237mlShelled crab - (to 2)
5   Strips bacon
2   Onions - chopped fine
2   Celery stalks - chopped fine
6   Potatoes - (to 8) - peeled, cut small (medium)
2   Chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFreshly-ground black pepper
1   Evaporated milk
1 cup 237mlMilk
8 tablespoons 120mlFlour

Recipe Instructions

Cook clams in liquid (water or clam juice) for several hours until tender. Cool and chop.

Dice the bacon and fry in large pot until brown, then add onion and celery. Add chicken broth, chopped clams and crab, potatoes and seasoning. When potatoes are tender, add cubed fish to boiling mixture and simmer for 5 minutes (do not overcook).

Blend flour into evaporated milk and regular milk. Add mixture to pot, but do not boil after adding milk. When chowder thickens, it's ready to eat. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.

This recipe yields ?? servings.

Description:

"After a winter indoors, the low tides of April offer a welcome excuse

to get outside and go clamming. Fresh clams, added to whatever

seafood you find as you clean out your freezer, are key ingredients of

a great chowder."

Source:
Alaska Department of Fish and Game at http://www.state.ak.us

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