Walleye and Wild Rice soup

[LABS4ME]

Made this up last night. Started out with a basic fish soup recipe and changed it up to turn into this... turned out pretty darn good... not at all your typical meek, cream based fish soup...

Ingredients

1/2 onion, chopped

1 medium carrot diced small

1 stalked of celery sliced

1 clove garlic, minced

1 - 1 1/2 tsp chili powder (your taste)

1 box or 2 cans chicken broth (use a good quality broth)

1 can rotelle w/green chile peppers

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes

3/4 cup diced bell pepper (I used 50-50 red green)

3-4 slices canadian bacon (optional)

1/2 - 1 pound walleye fillets (really any fish will work)

1 - 1 1/2 cup cooked wild rice

1 cup plain nonfat yogurt

Salt and Pepper to taste

In a large saucepan add a tblsp of olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onions, carrots, celery and diced canadian bacon and saute, stirring often, for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and chili powder and saute for 2 more minutes.

Then add the chicken broth, rotelle and cumin, stirring well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

Next, add the tomatoes, bell pepper, rice and fish. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for approx. another 5 minutes. Gradually stir in the yogurt until heated through.

I think it turned out fantasic! Has a little heat, but not 'hot'. Very flavorful! Very easy to make! Not too sure if the Canadian Bacon did what I was looking for (used mostly for texture), I think I may try a small amount of a good quality diced ham or a thicker sliced Canadian bacon... even think a few good quality larger shrimp added in would be a nice addition.

Good Luck!

Ken

[reinhard1]

i realy like the ingrediants of this fine soup. canadian bacon [the kind you buy in the store]is realy not heavily smoked like ham shanks and pork hocks or even common smoked hams. if you were looking for more of a "smoked ham type" flavor i would buy a bone in ham slice. but maby that's not what you were looking for. actualy the reciepe sounds fine by itself. thanks. good luck.

[leech~~]

Huuum, I'm having Walleye tonight. I wish I had all the stuff on hand to give it a try. It does sound like you may have put in a little more heat then the wife would like, so if I try it I may have to add heat to taste after I pour her out some!

[RiverFish]

Ken,

You should probably flash freeze some of that soup and send it over to WI. That way I can give a review for everybody

It sounds delicious.

[LABS4ME]

leech,

Just go with one tsp. of chili powder or even 3/4 of a tsp. The cumin isn't all that hot and one can of rotelle isn't all that bad. I'd say as written it's between mild and medium on the salsa scale...

Good Luck!

Ken