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Creamy Hot-smoked Salmon Sweetcorn Chowder
This creamy chowder – with hot-smoked salmon, fluffy potatoes and juicy sweetcorn – makes a perfect weeknight supper. We top it with a fresh summery salsa of red pepper, sweetcorn and chives – to brighten up the January nights!
High protein
6 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 10g vegetable stock powder (Chicory Extract, Salt, Yeast Extracts, Onion Powder, Carrot Extract, Tomato Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Natural Flavouring.)
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 3 large potatoes
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
- 2 pepper
- 140g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 1 leek
- 200ml coconut milk (Coconut, Water)
- 2 tsp smoked paprika & oregano blend (smoked paprika, oregano)
- 80g baby spinach
- 4 hot-smoked salmon fillets (skin on) (Fish)
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 1 handful of fresh chives
Nutritional Information
Calories: 577
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 48g
Fat: 25g
Creamy Hot-smoked Salmon Sweetcorn Chowder
This creamy chowder – with hot-smoked salmon, fluffy potatoes and juicy sweetcorn – makes a perfect weeknight supper. We top it with a fresh summery salsa of red pepper, sweetcorn and chives – to brighten up the January nights!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a sieve, a measuring jug & a large frying pan
Get started
- Dice the potatoes into 2cm chunks, then add to the saucepan. Boil for 10 mins, until almost cooked, then drain
- Dissolve the cornflour in a jug with 50ml water. Add the stock powder and top up with 600ml hot water. Stir to dissolve
Soften the veg
- Thinly slice the leek into 1/2cm half-moons. Drain the sweetcorn. Roughly dice the peppers
- Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the leek and pepper and cook for 3-4 mins. Season with salt
- Meanwhile, strip the thyme from the stalks and finely chop
Simmer simmer
- Add the thyme, sweetcorn and paprika & oregano blend to the pan. Cook for 1 min, then pour in the stock mixture and coconut milk
- Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 mins. Add the drained potatoes and simmer for a final 5-7 mins
Finish the prep
- Finely chop the chives. Halve the lemon, then slice half into 4 wedges. Remove the skin from the salmon and flake into bite-sized pieces. Rinse the spinach
Last bits & plate up
- Gently stir the spinach and salmon into the chowder. Simmer for 4-5 mins, until the salmon is piping hot and the spinach is wilted. Squeeze in the juice from half the lemon. Season with salt and pepper
- Serve the chowder into bowls. Top with the chives and garnish with the lemon wedges
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