Salmon Chowder

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans fat-free chicken broth
• 4 cups unpeeled baking potatoes, large dice
• 2 cups sliced carrots
• 3 -4 bay leaves, torn
• 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 1 cup asparagus or 1 cup zucchini or 1 cup broccoli coleslaw mix (or any other veggie available)
• 1 (14 3/4 ounce) can cream-style corn
• 2 cups skim milk, thickened with 2 t granulated flour (wondra)
• 3 -4 cups leftover cooked salmon (or a combination of salmon and shrimp or other seafood letovers)
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven, saute onion, celery, pepper& garlic in 1/4 c broth til tender add potatoes, carrots, dill, bay leaf& rest of broth.
• 2 cover& simmer 20 minutes til veggies are tender.
• 3 add selected additional veg and cook 5 minutes more.
• 4 add corn, milk& salmon& liquid smoke and heat thoroughly.
• 5 adjust seasonings-add salt if needed.
• 6 we use a litte tabasco to give it more of a"kick.
• 7 "goes well with a hot loaf of sourdough or other rustic bread.
• 8 **evenbetter the next day**.