Fish Chowder

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb salt meat ( optional)
• 3 small onions
• 3 lb fresh fish
• 1/4 teasp pepper
• thyme to taste, fresh or dried
• chive, cut up small for garnishing
• paprika powder for garnishing
• 6 potatoes, sliced
• 3 cups milk
• salt to taste
• chadon beni- cut ver fine- to taste ( cilantro)
• 1 tablesp flour to thicken soup

Directions

1. Saute salt meat - remove meat from pot and add onion- Saute Onion untmargarineil transparent- If no salt meat is used, saute Onion in a little vegetable oil
2. Clean fish and remove bones- cut into small pieces, season with pepper, salt , chadon beni and thyme and add to the Onion, together with sliced potatoes and salt meat- if used
3. Cover with boiling water and simmer until potatoes are tender- about 30 mins
4. Add milk and heat through- Take out a little of the hot soup and mix with the flour in a cup. then add to soup, stirring constantly so as not to form any lumps
5. Sprinkle a little paprika powder on to to garnish and top with cut up chive