Sometimes the cold temperatures of wintry days and nights make a person long for something soothing and warm. Salmon Chowder with Quick Beer Bread satisfies the hunger.
The recipes for both Salmon Chowder and Quick Beer Bread use basic ingredients and convenience foods, which makes them ideal for days when you are pressed for time or when you cupboards are nearing bare.
Salmon Chowder Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3 cans cream of potato soup
- 3 cans evaporated milk
- 2 seven ounce cans of boneless salmon
- 2 cloves minced garlic.
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 tsp. dill weed
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper
- ¼ red crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 3 hours.
Quick Beer Bread Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 12 oz bottle of beer
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients.
- Add beer and stir until combined.
- Put in a greased loaf pan.
- Bake in 375°F oven for 50 minutes.
- Test with toothpick to determine if done.
Suggestions
- A soup like Salmon Chowder is a good recipe for showcasing your gourmet sea salt. If the salt is a long cooking salt add with the rest of the ingredients at the beginning of the cooking time. If the salt is a finishing salt, add just prior to serving. (SaltWorks has a good reference on varieties of gourmet salts).
- Cheap beer works very well for this recipe. However, it never hurts to try different types of beer the bread, have fun. If you like fruit, honey, or wheat beers, try them in the bread.
- Serve Salmon Chowder and Quick Beer Bread with your favorite vegetable for a complete meal.
- Because Salmon Chowder is made in your slow cooker it is ideal for days when you have to shovel a mountain of snow or want to spend the afternoon playing your favorite winter sports. Start the soup before you head out and know that when you return you will have a nourishing warm meal.
- This recipe is high in fact and sodium so it is not recommended with those who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
What is Sea Salt?
Regular table salt is 99.9% sodium chloride that is refined from rock salt or sea salt. Sea Salt is only 98% sodium chloride and thus tastes different (and comes in a variety of flavors) because it retains its natural mineral content. Another benefit of natural sea salt is that it doesn’t have sugar, anti-caking ingredients or potassium iodide added to it. Sea salt is made by the natural evaporation of seawater. Commercially harvested sea salt is collected in man-made pools on a protected area of beach. Among the more common sea salts are Celtic Sea Salt, Fleur de Sel, French Sea Salt, Sel Gris, and Hawaiian Sea Salt.
