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Seafood Chowder on Galway Bay

Published: Mar 13, 2012 · Modified: Dec 18, 2022 by Rose McAvoy · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

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Easy Irish seafood chowder recipe with tender potatoes, flaky white fish, and a variety of shellfish. A perfect recipe for busy cooks who want a taste of Galway Bay.

I grew up in Seattle. Living by the coast meant I had the opportunity to sample many "best" clam chowder, fish chowder, and seafood stew recipes. Most of the time, these "best" chowder recipes are excellent but the absolute, hands down, best seafood chowder I have ever eaten was in an eccentrically decorated cafe 4,000 miles from home.

That day, cold as it was, is how I would like to spend my time far more often, creating memories with dear friends. The rustic meal we shared was exactly what we needed to warm from the inside out and I will never forget the delightfully unusual setting. We probably only spent about €6 on dinner but we made a memory to last a lifetime.

Serve Irish seafood chowder with traditional Irish brown bread.

Traditional Irish Seafood Chowder

Rose McAvoy
Tender potatoes with flavorful fish and seafood come together in this heart warming and stomach filling Irish seafood chowder. A variety of fresh seafood should work beautifully in this recipe Inspired by Smoky Bacon-Clam Chowder in Cooking Light SuperFast Suppers and Seafood Chowder via AllRecipes.com
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course Soup
Cuisine Irish
Servings 16 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ounce bacon diced
  • 2 medium leeks sliced in ½ inch rounds
  • 4 large celery stalks halved and diced
  • 2 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes diced
  • 1 pound Sunchokes peeled and diced (may substitute an additional pound of potatoes)
  • 2 - 8 ounce bottles of clam juice
  • 3 cups 2% low fat milk room temperature
  • 12 ounce evaporated milk
  • 1 pound firm white fish cut into 1-2 inch chunks - use 2 pounds if omitting shellfish
  • 1 pound assorted shell fish with shells removed - shrimp scallops, clams, squid, mussels, etc.
  • 1 parsley

Instructions
 

  • Cook the bacon in large dutch oven or soup pot over medium high heat until it has turned brown and crispy. Once the bacon has browned remove it to a paper towel lined plate. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the rendered fat.
  • Add leeks and celery to pot and cook them until they begin to soften (about 5 minutes), stir frequently.
  • Reduce the heat to medium and add the potatoes, sunchokes, and clam juice. Simmer the vegetables until the potatoes and sunchokes can be easily pierced by a fork - about 15 minutes.
  • Reduce the heat to medium low and add all of the milk, then return bacon to the pot and add with the seafood.
  • Simmer the chowder on low to medium low heat, make sure it does not begin to boil. The chowder is ready when fish has cooked through, about 15 minutes. The fish should be flaky and any shrimp should be fully pink.
  • Toss in a handful or two of finely chopped parsley and add salt and pepper if desired. Keep the chowder on low heat until ready to serve.

Notes

Nutritional details will vary depending on the fish and shellfish used to make this chowder. I used whiting, scallops, shrimp, clams, squid, and krab and the result was approximately 4 PP per 1 cup of chowder

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Comments

  1. Diane Balch

    March 03, 2014 at 5:01 am

    Just wanted you to know that I've included your recipe in a collection of Irish foods on Simple Living and Eating. I will be pinning and tweeting it this week too. http://www.simplelivingeating.com/2014/03/ode-to-ireland-irish-recipes-healthy.html

    Reply
    • Our Lady of Second Helpings

      March 04, 2014 at 11:59 am

      Thank you for sharing. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

      Reply
  2. Lou

    September 23, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    Just returned from a 10 day dream in Ireland. Flew into Shannon, toured around and flew out of Dublin. Have traveled quite a bit and have never been any place so hard to leave. Desperately wanting to re-create some of the culinary delights while the memories are fresh and it never occurred to me to ask for recipes while we were there. I'll give these a try! Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Rose

      September 23, 2013 at 9:04 pm

      Oh how wonderful! Late summer is a beautiful time to visit. Happy cooking and reminiscing. Sláinte!

      Reply
  3. janice

    March 15, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Love seafood chowder! Looks like a good recipe too!

    Great blog, btw, very inspirational!

    Reply
    • ourladyofsecondhelpings

      March 15, 2012 at 6:02 pm

      Thanks! Glad you found some good stuff here! :)

      Reply
  4. Venessa

    March 13, 2012 at 10:41 pm

    Yum! I might just have to make some sort of chowder coming up soon, if only to dip some thick, warm bread into it.

    Reply

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