Best Lox Chowder Recipes
LOX CHOWDER
There is a recipe for lox chowder in Mark Russ Federman's charming memoir of his family's appetizing business on the Lower East Side of Manhattan: "Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes From the House That Herring Built." I put a version of it into The Times in 2013. The soup tastes best made with the store's smoked salmon trimmings, which offer a lot of fatty, flavorful bits from up around the fish's collar (and cheap, too!), but a number of test runs using supermarket smoked salmon offered evidence that the soup is still terrific when made outside the five boroughs of New York City, with a fantastic smokiness tempered by the sweet flavors of potato and leek.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories dinner, weekday, main course
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Melt the butter with the oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot set over medium heat. Add leek, carrot and celery, and cook until the vegetables have softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic, potato and thyme, and cook until the garlic is fragrant, an additional 2 or 3 minutes.
- Sprinkle the flour over the vegetable mixture and stir to combine, then cook, stirring often, for approximately 5 minutes, making sure not to scorch the bottom of the pan.
- Add the wine, chicken stock and bay leaf, and bring mixture to a simmer. After 10 minutes or so, stir in the milk, and return to a simmer. Cook until the potatoes are tender, approximately 25 minutes. Add the salmon and stir gently, allowing the fish to warm but making sure that the mixture does not boil.
- Remove the bay leaf and discard. Add the cream, then stir to combine and heat through. Season to taste with pepper. Garnish with minced chives.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 312, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 22 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Sodium 278 milligrams, Sugar 8 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LOX CHOWDER
Lemons and wine give this hearty, elegant soup a naturally tart flavor; this may be magnified if you substitute Neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese. (I'm a big fan of piquant/tart flavors, and like it both ways!) I use those inexpensive "lox bits" from the supermarket or deli, and am always surprised at how tender they become after cooking. This is one of my favorites during colder months!
Provided by Maura666
Categories Chowders
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In your favorite soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Add onions and cook until soft and golden, about 10-15 minutes.
- (You want the onions to be slightly brown, but not black!) Add the drained lox and chopped dill.
- Cook 3 minutes, then add the flour and stir well.
- If it looks like a lox-paste mixture, don't worry, that's how it's supposed to be.
- While stirring the lox mixture, gradually add the broth.
- Add potatoes, spinach, salt, and pepper.
- Turn up heat until mixture boils, then reduce heat to medium/low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add milk.
- Simmer 5 more minutes.
- Cut the cream cheese into small pieces (1 oz. or 1/2 oz works best).
- Stir each piece into the soup, one at a time, until each piece has melted into the soup.
- When the soup is completely smooth, add the nutmeg, wine, and lemon juice.
- Ladle into bowls and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 426.7, Fat 21.3, SaturatedFat 12.2, Cholesterol 66.8, Sodium 1699.3, Carbohydrate 36.1, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 3.2, Protein 20.9
LOX CHOWDER
Steps:
- RECIPE Lox Chowder Adapted from Russ & Daughters, New York. PREPARATION 1. Melt the butter with the oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot set over medium heat. Add leek, carrot and celery, and cook until the vegetables have softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic, potato and thyme, and cook until the garlic is fragrant, an additional 2 or 3 minutes. 2. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetable mixture and stir to combine, then cook, stirring often, for approximately 5 minutes, making sure not to scorch the bottom of the pan. 3. Add the wine, chicken stock and bay leaf, and bring mixture to a simmer. After 10 minutes or so, stir in the milk, and return to a simmer. Cook until the potatoes are tender, approximately 25 minutes. Add the salmon and stir gently, allowing the fish to warm but making sure that the mixture does not boil. 4. Remove the bay leaf and discard. Add the cream, then stir to combine and heat through. Season to taste with pepper. Garnish with minced chives. YIELD 4 to 6 servings
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