Cajun Fish Chowder

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Cooking time: 30 minutes
Preparation time: 10 minutes

Makes: 2 servings

    

Ingredients

• 1 T.      finely chopped bacon bits
• 1 cup   chopped onion (1/2 medium onion)
• 1         mushroom, diced
• 3 T.     mild olive oil
• 1         red pepper, diced
• 1         potato, diced
• 1         bay leaf
• 3 cups   water
• 1/4 t.    Cajun seasoning (like Tony Chachere's)
• 1           chicken bouillon cube
• 2 T.       flour
• 6 oz.      Fish (like tilapia), cut into 3/4" chunks.

    

Directions

1. Stir-fry bacon bits, onions, and mushroom in 1 T. olive oil 5 minutes.
2. Add potato and red peppers, and stir-fry 5 minutes.
3. Add bay leaf, bouillon, seasoning, and 2 cups water. Simmer 10 minutes (covered).
4. Meanwhile make a roux by heating 2 T. oil and 2 T. flour in a sauce pan. Stir constantly about 5 minutes until the flour is mahogany colored, but not burned.
5. Stir 1 cup water into the roux to make a sauce.
6. Add roux and fish to the vegetables and simmer, covered 10 minutes.

 

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