Seafood chowder

Hearty cheer for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

25 g	Butter
1 medium	Onion, diced
1 medium	Carrot, diced
1 medium	Celery stalk, (no leaves), diced

White sauce

25 g	Butter, softened
¼ cup	Plain flour
1 cup	Cream
2 cups	Milk
½ cup	Water

Fish combo

250 g	Smoked mussels, finely diced or minced (Main)
2 cloves	Garlic, crushed
½ tsp	Diced chilli
1 medium	Potato, peeled, diced and steamed until just tender
1 cup	Whole kernel corn
250 g	Skinned and boned fish, cubed (Main)
1 Tbsp	Oyster sauce
1 Tbsp	Fish sauce
1 dash	Milk, optional

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the onion, carrot and celery. Cook on low until the vegetables are softened.
2. Combine the 25g of butter and the flour. Stir into the vegetables gradually and cook on low for 1 minute.
3. Combine the cream, milk and water and warm through in the microwave. Stir into the saucepan mixture, then add the diced mussels, garlic, chilli, potatoes and corn. Cook on low for 30 minutes, stirring often.
4. Add the fish, oyster and fish sauces and extra milk if too thick. Simmer gently until cooked.

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