Description
This creamy salmon chowder recipe is incredibly flavorful and easy to make with everyday ingredients! It’s loaded with crispy smoked turkey bacon, fresh dill, corn, and potatoes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 strips smoked turkey bacon (cut into small pieces)
- 1/2 medium onion (chopped small)
- 2 medium carrots (peeled & chopped small)
- 2 sticks celery (chopped small)
- 2 large Russet potatoes (peeled & diced)
- 1 pound fresh salmon
- 1 large clove garlic (minced)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3 cups chicken broth or stock
- 1 cup clam juice
- 1 cup heavy/whipping cream
- 3/4 cup corn (frozen or fresh)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- Salt & pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Step: Prep your smoked turkey bacon and add it to a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook until crispy (about 10 minutes).
- Step: Meanwhile, prep your onion, celery, carrots, and potatoes.
- Step: Once the smoked turkey bacon is crispy, take it out of the pot and transfer it to a paper towel lined plate. Leave the fat in the pot.
- Step: Add the salmon to the pot and cook for 2 minutes/side and then transfer it to a plate.
- Step: Leave about 1 tablespoon of the fat in the pot, and then add the onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté for 5 minutes.
- Step: Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Step: Add in the flour and cook for about a minute, stirring nearly constantly.
- Step: Add in the chicken broth and clam juice. Give it a good stir to ensure the flour has dissolved and the flavorful brown bits are scraped up from the bottom of the pot.
- Step: Add in the cream, potatoes, corn, and most of the smoked turkey bacon. Increase the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil. Once it’s boiling, reduce the heat to a rapid simmer.
- Step: Cook, uncovered, until the potatoes are tender (about 15-20 minutes). Stir occasionally.
- Step: Use a fork to break the salmon into smaller pieces. Take the soup off the heat. Add the salmon and dill to the soup.
- Step: Season the soup with salt & pepper as needed. Garnish with the rest of the smoked turkey bacon.
Notes
Serves 4-6 depending on portion size. Do not substitute the cream for milk or half-and-half as the boiling may curdle the soup.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 470 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 750 mg
- Fat: 26 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 106 mg
Keywords: salmon chowder, creamy seafood soup, corn and potato chowder