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Title: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Bigassbassman on Dec 23, 2020, 03:35 PM
CHOWDAH! You can use most white fish for this recipe, but I tried it with walleye, and it was amazing!

Ingredients:
5 slices of bacon
3 lb walleye fillets
2 lb potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 celery sticks, diced
2 yellow onions, diced
6 cups of broth (fish or chicken is fine)
2 cups heavy cream
2 Tbs butter
2 Tbs flour
Dried Thyme to taste, 1/4-1/2 tsp is good
2 Bay Leaves
Fresh parsley

Directions:
Chop raw bacon into bits, and cook over medium heat in a large stock pot, until crispy.  Remove bacon and drain on a paper towel, reserving grease in the pot.  Add butter to bacon grease to melt.  Cook onions, celery, thyme (I used 1/2 tsp), and bay leaves for 6-8 minutes, until soft.  Add flour, and cook for 1 min.  Add stock and potatoes, bring to a boil, cover and cook for 10. min.  Remove lid, add a good amount of salt and pepper to taste.  Add walleye fillets, and cook over low heat for 5 min.  Turn off heat, cover again, and let it sit for 10 min to continue cooking fish.  Be careful with stirring, so you don't break up the fish too much.  After 10 min, add cream and any more salt and pepper to taste.  Spoon into bowls and garnish with fresh parsley and bacon bits.  Enjoy!

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Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Fisherman 1 on Dec 23, 2020, 07:32 PM
Very nice, finally something with peppers or brussel sprouts.  ;D
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: bart on Dec 23, 2020, 07:52 PM
This I gotta try! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Rebelss on Dec 23, 2020, 08:25 PM
Very nice, finally something with peppers or brussel sprouts.  ;D

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Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Wheres Walleye on Dec 23, 2020, 09:45 PM
Thanks,  can't wait to try this out
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: gf hardwater guy on Dec 24, 2020, 10:08 AM
Ditto on the thank you shout out.

I have some halibut fillets from a September trip to Alaska waiting to find their way into this recipe.

Happy Holidays all.
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Otto on Dec 24, 2020, 10:25 AM
Just printed out, ready for my first catch of walleye!
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Bigassbassman on Dec 24, 2020, 03:53 PM
Thanks all, hope you like it!  Let me know what you think if you try it out.   :tipup: :tipup: :tipup:
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Duke M on Dec 24, 2020, 08:40 PM
I saved up all of my walleye cheeks and those made a spectacular chowder.
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: bootstrap on Dec 26, 2020, 09:00 AM
needs some tweaking but
you are on the right track.
Title: Re: New England Style Walleye Chowder
Post by: Raquettedacker on Dec 26, 2020, 09:17 AM
Looks great.
 I might have to try that with a bag of perch in my freezer. ;D