Baby, it’s still cold outside! It calls for some comforting soup like this Seafood Chowder! Incredibly delicious creamy soup made with potatoes, seafood and just a touch of white wine. This soup is a must try!
Finally, I get to share my new favorite soup with you! This is quite exciting because this soup turned out incredible. I’ve been meaning to make seafood soup this whole winter and I finally got around to it. I’m actually happy that my husband won’t eat seafood because I get to have this soup all to myself!
Seriously, I’ve never tasted a soup this delicious. The incredible flavor of this chowder comes from caramelizing your onions and adding some white wine. Just don’t add it after adding the stock. Wine is simmered first with onions to cook out the alcohol and bring out more flavor. The addition of wine was a perfect idea and please don’t be afraid of it. Alcohol in the wine cooks out when you simmer it.
You can also play around with seafood here. I definitely recommend that you use salmon and shrimp but you can also add some scallops, lobster or crab if you’d like. You can add another type of fish (in addition to salmon) too. I added some cod because it’s my favorite type of white fish. Oh, and use raw seafood, of course, not canned (completely different taste).
Seafood Chowder Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1/2 cup of white wine
- 3 large golden potatoes peeled and cubed into 1/4-in cubes
- 2 cups of vegetable stock
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 1/2 cup of heavy cream
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 oz raw salmon filet
- 4 oz raw cod fish filet
- 7-8 raw medium shrimp peeled
- You can add crab or scallops if you would like
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp cayenne more if you want, judge to your taste
- 1/2 tsp dill weed dry is fine if you don't have fresh
Instructions
- Preheat the olive oil in a stainless steel pot (preferably, but non-stick is fine too) on medium-high heat. Add the diced onion and cook, stirring often, until deep golden brown.
- Add the wine and stir well. Lower the heat to medium and let it simmer until some of the wine is cooked out (2-3 minutes). This is where a lot of your flavor is coming from!
- Add the chopped potatoes and stir well.
- Add the stock, bay leaf and some salt. Cover but leave a crack for the steam to escape. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are done.
- Add the milk, stir and heat through.
- Chop salmon and cod into 1/2 inch pieces and add it to the soup along with shrimp. Carefully stir and add your heavy cream, cayenne pepper and dill weed. Cook until salmon and shrimp turn pink. Taste to make sure you have enough salt and cayenne.
- Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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More Comforting Soups:
Homemade Enchilada Soup
Broccoli Bacon Cheese Soup
Chicken Meatball & Orzo Soup
Robyn @ simply fresh dinners
January 26, 2014 at 3:34 pmYou have such a fantastic selection of soups, Lyuba! This latest creation looks so unique and the photography is stunning. I’m a big shrimp lover and who doesn’t love chowder too. Beautiful!
lyuba
January 26, 2014 at 5:57 pmThank you so much, Robyn!
Melanie @ Carmel Moments
January 27, 2014 at 11:15 amMy hubby would devour this stuff! Well, I probably would too. Looks amazing!
lyuba
January 27, 2014 at 10:40 pmHope you get a chance to make it š It’s amazing!
Thank you, Melanie!
Auntiepatch
January 27, 2014 at 12:38 pmBeautiful photography! Looks good enough to eat!
lyuba
January 27, 2014 at 10:46 pmThank you!
TammyO
January 27, 2014 at 3:08 pmThis soup is fantastic! I wasn’t planning on making any changes except to add corn, but I found myself without white wine so I left it out, and I can’t imagine it could have made it any better as it is so flavourful! The amount of cayenne was just perfect – but if you don’t like that little bit of bite, you may want to cut back just a little. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe, it will be added to our family favorites!
lyuba
January 27, 2014 at 11:32 pmI’m so happy you liked it, Tammy! Thank you!
Gurvy Green
January 27, 2014 at 8:13 pmThis soup is jumping out at me, picture perfect! Thanks for sharing, can’t wait to try this new recipe.
Visiting from gurvygreen.com
lyuba
January 27, 2014 at 11:32 pmThank you so much!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats
January 28, 2014 at 4:42 pmOh wow this looks amazing! Totally loaded with seafood. LOVE IT!
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:47 pmThank you so much, Julie!
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January 29, 2014 at 9:46 pmThis looks like the perfect recipe for a romantic dinner! You can never have too much seafood!!
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:49 pmAgreed! Thank you, Cathy!
Trish - Mom On Timeout
January 30, 2014 at 1:04 pmThis is one amazing chowder Lyuba! This may make it onto our Valentine’s Day menu š Pinned!
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:52 pmThank you, Trish! You should!
Toodie
January 31, 2014 at 2:38 amWell, I’m just happy that hubby doesn’t like soups. That means when I make this it’s all mine! Definitely on my menu for soooooon!
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:53 pmThat’s how I felt š
Thank you, Toodie!
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January 31, 2014 at 5:09 pmOh man…this looks FANTASTIC!!
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:53 pmThank you, Kristi š
Kristen Duke
February 1, 2014 at 11:17 amThis sounds perfect for all the chilly days we’ve been having!
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:54 pmSure it, Kristen! Thank you!
Cheryl
February 1, 2014 at 5:46 pmI popped over from Weekend Potluck to pick up your Seafood Chowder recipe. It looks wonderful. It might make our Valentine’s Day meny (my girls are in charge of soup, so they will have the final say). I saved it to my yumprint files! Thanks for sharing! Hugs
lyuba
February 4, 2014 at 10:55 pmAwww, thank you, Cheryl! Hope you enjoy it!
Safcol Australia Pty Ltd
February 5, 2014 at 4:04 amThis kind of seems as if an ideal menu for just a affectionate dinner!
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February 7, 2014 at 1:22 amYum, looks delicious Lyuba. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Best of the Weekend. Pinned to our party board. š
Donica Robinson
June 25, 2018 at 2:04 pmIt’s currently doubled and on the stove. Smells fantastic. Getting my 13 year old son to make corn muffins to go with. Icebox strawberry banana cake setting in the fridge. Just a wonderful summer evening. Thank you for this. š
lyuba
July 10, 2018 at 1:19 pmI’m so happy to read this, Donica! I really hope everyone enjoyed it and they got to have some cake too š
Leone
December 23, 2018 at 12:15 amMade the seafood chowder, but adapted the soup to meet my non-dairy needs. Instead of milk, I used cashew milk. Also, substituted parsnips instead of potatoes and thickened the base with a slurry of flour and water. My fish monger suggested I buy salmon trim [half the price]š. I plan on making this soup again, next time with just a dash/smidge of nutmeg.