Maine Fish Chowder

Total Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 lb salt lamb, diced
• 4 cups raw potatoes, diced
• 3 medium onions, peeled & sliced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 lbs haddock fillets, fresh skinned (with bones in it)
• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 1 teaspoon butter or 1 teaspoon margarine
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 fry salt lamb to render all fat in a heavy kettle and then remove.
• 2 add potatoes, onions, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• 3 cover with hot water and cook over medium heat, covered, 15 minutes, until potatoes are just tender.
• 4 do not overcook.
• 5 meanwhile, cut fish into large chunks and put into another saucepan.
• 6 add boiling water to cover and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
• 7 cook slowly, covered, until fish is fork tender, about 15 minutes.
• 8 remove from heat.
• 9 strain and reserve liquid.
• 10 remove any bones from fish.
• 11 add fish and strained liquid to potato-onion mixture.
• 12 pour in milk and leave on stove long enough to heat through, about 5 minutes.
• 13 mix in butter and pepper.
• 14 serve at once.