🍲 Lox Chowder Recipe
🕒 Cook Time: 50 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 15 minutes
🕒 Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
📝 Description:
Lemons and wine give this hearty, elegant soup a naturally tart flavor; this may be magnified if you substitute Neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese. I’m a big fan of piquant/tart flavors, and like it both ways! I use those inexpensive “lox bits” from the supermarket or deli, and am always surprised at how tender they become after cooking. This is one of my favorites during colder months!
🥣 Recipe Category: Chowders
🔑 Keywords: Weeknight, < 4 Hours
🛒 Ingredients:
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 potatoes
- 3/4 cup fresh dill, chopped
- 8 ounces lox, drained and chopped
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup spinach
- 1/3 cup cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Salt and pepper to taste
🔪 Instructions:
- In your favorite soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Add onions and cook until soft and golden, about 10-15 minutes. (You want the onions to be slightly brown, but not black!) Add the drained lox and chopped dill.
- Cook for 3 minutes, then add the flour and stir well. If it looks like a lox-paste mixture, don’t worry, that’s how it’s supposed to be.
- While stirring the lox mixture, gradually add the broth.
- Add potatoes, spinach, salt, and pepper.
- Turn up heat until mixture boils, then reduce heat to medium/low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add milk and simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Cut the cream cheese into small pieces (1 oz. or 1/2 oz works best). Stir each piece into the soup, one at a time, until each piece has melted into the soup.
- When the soup is completely smooth, add the nutmeg, wine, and lemon juice.
- Ladle into bowls and enjoy!
👩🍳 Chef’s Tips:
- For a creamier texture, blend a portion of the soup in a blender before adding the cream cheese.
- Adjust the tartness of the soup by varying the amount of lemon juice and wine according to your preference.
- Garnish with additional fresh dill or a dollop of sour cream for an extra burst of flavor.
This Lox Chowder recipe is sure to become a favorite in your household, with its rich flavors and comforting warmth perfect for any chilly evening. Enjoy the tangy goodness of lemons and wine paired with tender lox in every spoonful!
