Basic Tuna Chowder

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 4 liters water
• 5 medium potatoes
• 1 large carrot
• 1/2 large onion
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 2 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 tablespoon rum
• 1 tablespoon table salt
• 3 cans starkist chunk light tuna
• 1/8 cup flour

Recipe

• 1 start by boiling about 8 pints or 4 liters of water in a pot.
• 2 peel the potatoes, the carrot, and the onion.
• 3 throw away the peelings.
• 4 cut the onion in half, saving the other half for anything else.
• 5 slice the carrot in centimeter strips, then cut each strip in half.
• 6 cut each potato into eigths, then cut each strip in half.
• 7 dice the onion very fine.
• 8 i do this by hand, but a food processor works.
• 9 add all of the sliced and diced materials to the boiling water.
• 10 after about 3 minutes, reduce heat to medium.
• 11 add the salt, pepper, corn oil, butter, and rum.
• 12 stir for a minute.
• 13 add the three cans of starkist tuna, juice and all.
• 14 add the flour and stir until it blends.
• 15 allow mixture to boil for another 10 minutes, stirring once a minute or so.
• 16 reduce heat to low.
• 17 add any additional salt or pepper to taste.
• 18 garlic powder at this stage is not unheard of.
• 19 stir well after adding any more dry goods.
• 20 the onions should have dissolved into the stew at this point, and only the most hardy chunks of potato will have survived the process.
• 21 allow stew to reach desired thickness.
• 22 this may take some time.
• 23 stir on low heat once in a while.
• 24 remember, potato based stews will thicken somewhat after cooling.
• 25 when desired thickness is reached, remove from heat.
• 26 serve with flat bread, wheat bread, in a bread bowl, as a side dish, or over a chowder-friendly base.
• 27 crackers optional.