Smoked Salmon Chowder
Ingredients
- 8-10 oz hot smoked salmon
- 1 small cauliflower** (1 lb florets and tender leaves) broken into small bite sized pieces
- 3-4 stalks celery chopped into small pieces
- 2 fresh corn shucked or 1 cup frozen kernels
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 medium carrots chopped into small dices
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- ½ cup white wine (Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, S.Blanc) optional
- sea salt and black pepper as needed
- 3 cups reduced sodium veg/chicken/clam broth
- 2 cups milk of your choice plant or regular
- chives for garnish
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1-2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour to thicken
Instructions
- In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, melt butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped onion, carrots, celery, garlic, ½ teaspoon salt and sauté until the vegetables start to soften, about 5-7 minutes.
- Sprinkle a.p flour evenly over vegetables and cook, stirring often, for 1 minute. Pour in the wine to deglaze the pot, scraping off the bottom if needed. Bring the wine to a bubble to burn off the alcohol about 3 minutes.
- Add the thyme, broth, cauliflower, bring the pot to a boil, then drop the heat to simmer, cover and cook for 15-18 minutes. If you're adding potatoes cook for another 5 minutes until the potatoes are cooked through.
- Remove the lid from pot and transfer the 1 cup vegetables and about 1 cup of the soup to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Transfer puree back to the pot. Add the milk, corn, and smoked salmon and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Taste and season as necessary. Ladle into bowls and serve garnished with freshly ground pepper, chopped chives and a few salmon flakes. enjoy!
Notes
If you prefer regular chowder replace half the cauliflower with 1 large russet potato diced. Cook the soup about 20 minutes until the potatoes are fully cooked.
For low carb chowder 1 small cauliflower weighing about 1 pound after dicing is needed in this recipe.
The recipe says it serves 4 people, I mean 4 adults. It may serve more if you're serving kids.
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