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capt louie
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Sheephead chowder
capt louie
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Well any fish works but when the recipe was given to me years back it was for sheeps. It works good with trout that's been in the freezer awhile also.
But any fillets work, especially firm meat types of fish.
These amounts are approximate and are for about 4 servings or 2 hungry people.
4 slice of bacon diced
1 medium onion chopped
4 med potatoes peeled and cubed into bite size pc.
2 cup milk
3-4 fillets cut into small cubes ( or two fillets from a big fish)
salt and pepper
small jar of cheez wiz ( scary huh ?) we'll get back to that.
any hot sauce or redpepper flakes are up to you but do use plenty of black pepper.
Start frying bacon (removing any excess fat , up to you) when it starts to brown some put the onion in and cook untill it starts to brown a little.
add the potatoes with salt/pepper and cover with water barely. Cook covered untill taters are done. About 5 min or so.
reduce heat and add the milk. Bring the temp up to almost a simmer keeping the heat low.
Add the fish and cover for about 2-3 min. .
OK the weird part., add the Cheez wiz and stir until disolved. Turn off the heat.
If you want to take it to the next level let it cool,put into the fridge and reheat and eat it the next day. ALWAYS better when you do that.
Well that is the basic. You want to get fancy take the bones and make stock,add herbs,clams or whatever.
But don't omit the cheez wiz.. trust me on that.
But any fillets work, especially firm meat types of fish.
These amounts are approximate and are for about 4 servings or 2 hungry people.
4 slice of bacon diced
1 medium onion chopped
4 med potatoes peeled and cubed into bite size pc.
2 cup milk
3-4 fillets cut into small cubes ( or two fillets from a big fish)
salt and pepper
small jar of cheez wiz ( scary huh ?) we'll get back to that.
any hot sauce or redpepper flakes are up to you but do use plenty of black pepper.
Start frying bacon (removing any excess fat , up to you) when it starts to brown some put the onion in and cook untill it starts to brown a little.
add the potatoes with salt/pepper and cover with water barely. Cook covered untill taters are done. About 5 min or so.
reduce heat and add the milk. Bring the temp up to almost a simmer keeping the heat low.
Add the fish and cover for about 2-3 min. .
OK the weird part., add the Cheez wiz and stir until disolved. Turn off the heat.
If you want to take it to the next level let it cool,put into the fridge and reheat and eat it the next day. ALWAYS better when you do that.
Well that is the basic. You want to get fancy take the bones and make stock,add herbs,clams or whatever.
But don't omit the cheez wiz.. trust me on that.
"You'll get your weather"
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That's sort of what it is really except the fish and cheez wiz transform it.
Sounds great to me louie...going to give it a shot this week-end. Thanks.
Bill
"heads" just happen to have nice firm fillets so that when they are cubed they tend to hold their shape after cooking.
Any white fleshed fish will do though.
I used fresh trout, they firmed up nice, and followed the recipe without any changes. I'd bring some to the BASH, but I'm eating the remaining this evening, for dinner.
Bill
It's better the day after. It's a great cool weather dish.
Don't see any reason that wouldn't work.
Glad you liked it.
just kidding, Louie....sounds like a great recipe, except I'm X2 on the white cheddar. Redfish is also an excellent option, as would be black drum.
I never caught a decent sheepie, until I moved from the Keys and fished in Stuart during the Winter and early Spring months. But I was already familiar with fish in the porgy family. I remember the first time I sautéed up a bunch of little fillets.....was going to cook rice and butter it with sheepshead pan drippings (my version of dirty rice) and have fresh asparagus to round things out. All was set to be in time to eat and watch Sunday night football.
As all good cooks do, I sampled my first cooked fillet.....just to be sure. About 20 minutes later, I sat down to watch football......with a plate of rice and asparagus in front of me. :banghead
In addition to the cheez wiz ! Wow.