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Slow Cooker Seafood Chowder

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Slow Cooker Seafood Chowder

This recipe makes 12 servings

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Nutritional Info

Per each of 12 servings: about -
cal 300
pro 33 g
total fat 12 g
sat. fat 6 g
carb 15 g
fibre 2 g
chol 148 mg
sodium 633 mg
% RDI: -
calcium 11
iron 17
vit A 46
vit C 15
folate 13

Rich seafood chowder doesn't have to take hours to prepare, and this recipe's the proof. All you need on the side is a crusty loaf of bread for dipping.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bonless salt cod or salt haddock fillets
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 1 large leek, chopped
  • 3 carrots, diced
  • 3 celery stalks, diced
  • 3 potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 1 lb large raw shrimp, (peeled and deveined)
  • 1 cup whipping cream

Preparation

Soak fish in water at room temperature for 24 hours, changing water several times. Drain and cut into chunks; place in slow cooker.

In large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat; sauté onion and leek until softened and onion is golden at edges, about 10 minutes. Add to slow cooker.

Add carrots, celery, potatoes, bay leaf, thyme, pepper, nutmeg, cayenne and 7 cups (1.75 L) water to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low until vegetables are tender, 6 to 8 hours. Discard bay leaf.

Stir in shrimp and parsley; cover and cook on high until shrimp are pink, 5 to 10 minutes.

In saucepan, bring cream to boil; stir into chowder.

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Source : Canadian Living Magazine: January 2009

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