Chowder recipe

[spiderplanet]

 Who likes chowder?  Sure, we all do!  Here is some non-dairy chowder, modified from an online recipe. 

Ingredients:  

1 pound of fish or shrimp
1 medium onion, chopped
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 cups vegetable broth
1 can corn, drained, or frozen corn equivalent
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans (13.66 ounces) coconut milk
Optional:  Lime juice, Avocado, cilantro 

Directions:  
Boil some fish or shrimp separate during soup making.  Keep hot.  

In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add red pepper flakes. Stir in the broth, corn, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in coconut milk. Cool slightly.

With a blender or food processor, liquefy soup in batches until blended. Return all to pan.

Add cooked fish or shrimp; cook and stir over medium heat for 5-6 minutes. Garnish with optional ingredients if desired.  

Comments

[caffeine]

This was good with catfish; it was really good with Trout.

[spiderplanet]

Can confirm! Any fish would work fine. It would probably be perfectly acceptable without any meat in it, as a corn chowder soup.

[pameladean]

That sounds really good. I usually use soy or almond milk in my chowder, but I like the idea of the coconut milk with crushed red pepper and lime juice.

[spiderplanet]

IMHO The coconut flavor was better than a milk based chowder. I think this turned out to be an improvement, instead of a reasonable substitute.

[pameladean]

It's always very satisfying to be just trying to make do and find out that you've invented something really good.

I'd be tempted to put in a diced red bell pepper. But I think all such experimentation will have to wait until it's not so miserably hot out. Soup doesn't quite seem the thing right now.

P.