Red Fish Chowder Food

FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over high heat. Add the onion, celery, and chili pepper and saute until tender; stir in the tomato paste. Add the grouper and stir until the fish is coated. Mix in the carrot, tomatoes, red pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, potato, and salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium and add the fish stock, hot sauce, tomato juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.
• Serve in bowls and drizzle with rum and sherry peppers.

RED AND WHITE FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Quarter and seed red bell peppers. Broil until skins are blackened. Remove from oven and let stand until cool enough to handle. Slough off charred skin and discard. Chop roasted peppers and set aside.
• In a wide skillet, heat olive oil over medium low heat. Add chopped onion and sauté, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent and soft. Stir in diced peppers, tomatoes and their juices, garlic, corn, and red pepper flakes. Simmer 10 minutes. Add cilantro and zest and simmer 5 minutes more. Remove from heat and let stand.
• In a medium sauce pan, melt butter over low heat. Raise heat to medium and whisk in flour, stirring until flour loses its raw taste, about 5 minutes. Pour in clam juice and milk, all at once, and whisk constantly over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken and coats the back of a spoon. Season white sauce with salt and pepper. Allow to cool slightly.
• Remove white sauce to a food processor. Add fish and pulse until evenly mixed.
• Stir fish mixture into vegetable mixture. Return to heat toward a simmer as you season with salt, white pepper, cayenne, chipotle pepper flakes, paprika, oregano and basil, to taste. Add seafood stock, stirring until evenly mixed. Add vinegar and lemon juice, to taste.
• When the soup begins to simmer, stir in baby spinach leaves by scattered handfuls, allowing spinach to wilt. Check for seasoning and serve hot.

FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Saute onions, mushrooms and celery in butter until tender.
• Add chicken stock and potatoes; simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add fish, and simmer another 10 minutes.
• Mix together clam juice and flour until smooth; stir into soup and simmer for 1 minute more. Season to taste with Old Bay seasoning, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat, and stir in evaporated milk. Top each bowl with crumbled bacon, if desired.

MANHATTAN SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut bacon into small pieces and fry in pan.
• Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
• Saute celery, red bell pepper, onions and garlic in small amount of bacon grease for several minutes to sweat.
• Add fish and lightly sear.
• Add water or chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, clam juice, clams and simmer for 1 hour.
• Add potatoes and carrots.
• Season with paprika, red pepper flakes, Old Bay, oregano and hot sauce.
• Simmer until potatoes and carrots are almost tender.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add shrimp 15 minutes before serving.

CREAMY FISH CHOWDER WITH RED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut fish into 1 inch cubes. Set aside.
• Heat butter in large heavy soup pan. Add tomatoes, onions and pepper. cover and simmer 5 minutes over medium to low heat.
• Add fish, wine or water, salt and thyme. Simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in the paprika and whipping cream. (I add a few drops of hot sauce, too).
• Heat to boiling. Taste and add fresh lemon juice.
• Enjoy!