Easiest Way to Prepare Favorite Chowder Casserole

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chowder casserole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chowder Casserole is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chowder Casserole is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chowder casserole using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chowder Casserole:

1. Make ready 8 oz smoked cod or haddock (finnan haddie)
2. Make ready 3 tbsp butter
3. Prepare 2 onions, coarsely chopped
4. Take 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
5. Make ready 2 ribs celery, coarsely chopped
6. Get 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
7. Take 3 cup milk, hot
8. Get 1/2 tsp dried thyme or 1 tsp fresh
9. Take 1 bay leaf
10. Make ready 1 salt, pepper and Tabasco to taste
11. Take 1 cup frozen peas
12. Make ready 1 lb white fleshed fish fillets (haddock, cod, turbot, etc.) cut into 1" pieces
13. Prepare TOPPING
14. Make ready 6 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
15. Take 2 tbsp butter
16. Take 1 egg
17. Make ready 2 tbsp milk

Instructions to make Chowder Casserole:

1. Place smoked cod in a bowl and cover with water; soak for 30 minutes. Drain well. Remove skin and bones; cut flesh into 1" pieces. Reserve.
2. Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add onions, carrots, celery; cook 5 minutes.
3. Sprinkle with flour; cook gently without browning 5 minutes.
4. Stir in hot milk; bring to a boil. Add seasoning. Reduce heat; cook, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.
5. Add peas, smoked fish and fresh fish. Cook 8 minutes. Remove bay leaf.
6. To prepare topping, boil potatoes in water until tender. Drain well and mash with butter. Season to taste.
7. Beat egg with milk; reserve 2 tbsp mixture and add remaining egg to potatoes.
8. Place fish mixture in a buttered 2 qt. casserole. Pipe or spoon potatoes over the top. Brush with remaining egg mixture.
9. Bake at 375°F for 30 min. until bubbly and brown. Rest 10 min. before serving.
10. ** An equal amount of fresh fish can be used in place of the smoked fish.

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