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    You are here: Home / Parenting / FPIES / New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Sep 28, 2014 9 Comments UPDATED ON: Mar 3, 2018

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    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder Rich and creamy soup recipe homemade comfort food great for picky eaters kid friendly too

    A rich and creamy New England Clam Chowder recipe where we swapped Flounder for Clams.  Very subtle flavor of the sea with the flounder make this a great soup for FPIES trailing something new.

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    We recently wanted to add another protein to Kay’s diet.  Since she has FPIES we have to trial each new food she tries.  We’ve contemplated turkey for quite some time, but “chickened” out thanks to her Chicken FPIES food allergy.  Doctors typically say that after 18 months to 2 years you can retrial the trigger foods.  Since chicken and turkey are so close, we’ve decided to hold off for now.  Right now her only safe proteins are beef, pork, salmon, and we’re working on flounder!  

    Chris and I have been on a New England Clam Chowder kick lately.  Kay has been eager to try it and loves it when I make it without the clams for her.  Then it hit me, she’ll love it with another fish!  I simply cooked the flounder and chopped it up, then added to the soup.  She devoured it!  “More soup mama, more soup!”  It was music to my ears.  Thankfully we’ve had no reaction either.   We attempted flounder once before however she didn’t eat enough for a trial and spit most out.  Adding the flounder to a soup she already loved made this a pretty easy trial and delicious too!

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    My favorite soup is a creamy soup and you could even leave the fish out of this soup.  You could even add in cubes of ham, pork, or even some roasted chicken.  The base is so delicious and will adapt to any protein you choose.   This New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder is a new family favorite! 🙂

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    We can never finish a whole batch and it’s even better the next day.

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    New England Clam Chowder Recipe with Flounder

    If you love New England Clam Chowder you'll love our New England Flounder Chowder! We swapped Flounder for Clams. If you hate a chewy clam but love a tender flounder filet, you'll love this chowder recipe.
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 461kcal
    Author: Courtney

    Ingredients

    • 3 strips bacon
    • 1 large carrot
    • 3 stalks celery
    • 1 onion yellow
    • 2 large potatoes
    • 2 cups water
    • 2 cups milk
    • pinch thyme
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 5 flounder filets a bit over a pound
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1/3 cup all purpose flour
    • 1 quart half and half
    • cooked bacon for topping

    Instructions

    • In a large pot fry up the bacon.
    • While the bacon is frying chop up your carrots, celery, onion and potatoes.
    • Once the bacon is done chop it up and keep in the pan, add in the chopped veggies as well.
    • Cook the veggies in the bacon and bacon fat for about 5 minutes.
    • Add in the water, milk, thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
    • Cook until the vegetables are tender on a low-medium fire.
    • While the soup is cooking in a large skillet cook the flounder in the 2 tablespoons butter until cooked thoroughly.
    • Once the vegetables are tender add the flounder to the soup.
    • In the skillet used for the flounder add in the 2 tablespoons butter, once melted stir in the flour to make a roux.
    • Once the roux is a yellowish/brown add in the half and half slowly, keep mixing and pouring in the half and half until it's combined.
    • Pour the cream mixture into the soup and cook the soup for 5 minutes.
    • Top with cooked bacon and enjoy!
    • *if you like a thicker soup add a little more flour, increasing by a teaspoon each time. be careful as the soup will thicken with time.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 461kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 51g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 214mg | Sodium: 1439mg | Potassium: 830mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1605IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 218mg | Iron: 1mg

    The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based ingredients and products used. If the nutrition numbers are important for you we recommend calculating them yourself.

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    Comments

    1. Jesse

      September 29, 2014 at 12:56 am

      Yum. 🙂

      Reply
    2. [email protected]+butter+and+brioche

      September 29, 2014 at 4:49 am

      I have never made chowder before! You have definitely inspired me to recreate this recipe. Thanks for sharing it, it looks delicious!

      Reply
    3. shelly+peterson

      October 07, 2014 at 11:04 pm

      This looks delicious. My family loves clam chowder, I have never made it before but will have to try this recipe.

      Reply
    4. Ty

      October 19, 2014 at 4:26 pm

      My husband absolutely LOVES clam chowder! I’ve tried several recipes and they were all not so good. I’m definitely going to give your a try as it looks amazing!

      Reply
    5. Nicole+Dz

      October 19, 2014 at 11:15 pm

      New England clam chowder reminds me of my grandma, I remember when I was younger she use to make a big pot of it, and it would be on the stove simmering, the smell was so yummy. Brings backs childhood memories.

      Reply
    6. Rebecca Orr

      January 25, 2015 at 9:07 am

      This looks delicious! I would love it with the flounder….but of course, my fiancé and kids wouldn’t. More for me!

      Reply
      • Courtney

        February 21, 2015 at 11:40 am

        the best part is the flounder makes the fish flavor very subtle 🙂

    7. Wing Sau Chiang

      February 25, 2015 at 7:25 pm

      this looks so delicious! going to give it a try

      Reply
    8. Julia Chiang

      February 27, 2015 at 5:11 pm

      These seems like a very simple recipe thank you for sharing this with us

      Reply

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