Main Meal Recipes > Connecticut Chowder

How to make Connecticut chowder:
A tasty and quick lunch dish.



Ingredients

2 large fillets cod or haddock
4 cups diced raw potatoes
1 1/2 inch cube fat salt pork
1 onion peeled and sliced
2 1/2 cups tinned tomatoes (no juice)
3 tablespoons butter
two thirds cup cracker crumbs
salt and pepper
1/2 pint fish stock
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Remove bones from the fish.
- Cut flesh into 2" pieces.
- Cut the pork into small pieces and fry.
- Add the onions.
- Remove the onions and pork, leaving the fat in the pan.
- Parboil the potatoes in the fish stock and add to the fish in the pan.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Cover and simmer for 10 minute.
- Add the tomatoes, cracker crumbs and seasoning.


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