Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 2 pounds haddock
  • 2 ounces salt pork, diced
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 4 large potatoes, diced
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 quart milk
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Instruction

  • Put the haddock in a soup pot with 2 cups water and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain, reserving the broth. Remove any bones from the fish and set fish aside.
  • Saute the salt pork in the soup pot until crisp. With a slotted spoon, remove the pork and set aside. Saute the onions in the pork fat until golden brown. Add the fish, potatoes, celery, bay leaf, salt, and pepper to taste.
  • Pour in the reserved fish broth plus enough boiling water to make 3 cups liquid. Simmer for 30 minutes. Add the milk and butter and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve the chowder sprinkled with the diced pork.