Unbelievably Creamy Codfish Chowder Recipe – A Mouthwater

A great, easy soup with cod, bacon, potatoes, and corn. You can replace the milk with half-and-half or cream and the fish with seafood if you want a richer chowder.

Recipe Details

Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
40 mins
Total Time:
1 hr
Servings:
6

Ingredients

  • 8slicesbacon, diced

  • 1largeonion, diced

  • 1red bell pepper, seeded and diced

  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

  • 2clovesgarlic, chopped

  • 1 ½tablespoonsseafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)

  • 1(16 ounce) canchicken broth

  • 3red potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

  • 4earssweet corn, shucked and kernels cut off

  • ½cupwater, or as needed to cover (Optional)

  • 2cupswhole milk, or more as needed

  • 2tablespoonsbutter

  • 1poundthick cod fillets, cut into 1-inch pieces

  • 2tablespoonschopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Cooking Directions

  1. Cook bacon in a soup pot over medium heat until crisp and brown, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving drippings in the pot.

  2. Cook and stir onion and red bell pepper until softened, about 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Stir in garlic and seafood seasoning. Cook and stir, 2 more minutes.

  3. Pour in chicken broth and stir in potatoes and corn; add water if needed to cover vegetables. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low; simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

  4. Stir in milk and butter until butter has melted; mix in reserved bacon. Bring the soup just to the boiling point and stir in cod and parsley; cook, stirring occasionally, until fish flakes easily, 5 to 8 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Full Nutrition Label
Servings Per Recipe6
Calories408
% Daily Value *
Total Fat
25g
32%
Saturated Fat
10g
49%
Cholesterol
78mg
26%
Sodium
1206mg
52%
Total Carbohydrate
23g
8%
Dietary Fiber
3g
11%
Total Sugars
8g
Protein
24g
Vitamin C
36mg
178%
Calcium
118mg
9%
Iron
1mg
7%
Potassium
689mg
15%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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