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    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Amish Main Dishes

    Maine Amish Potato Chowder

    Published: Apr 27, 2016 · Updated: Apr 27, 2016 by Kevin Williams | 6 Comments

    Homemade potato chowder is a mainstay in Maine Amish kitchens, here is the recipe written by an Amish woman in Unity....

    Homemade potato chowder is a mainstay in Maine Amish kitchens, here is the recipe written by an Amish woman in Unity....

    By Kevin Williams

    Maine is known for potatoes which thrive in the sandy, rocky soil there.  This recipe comes to us from Elizabeth Stoll in Unity, Maine, she is the widow of Elmo Stoll, whom I wrote about in this morning's other post. A very charming, nice woman who was nice enough to share a recipe with us.  She didn't really write in traditional recipe format, more as a series of instructions so I kept it the way she wrote it:

    AMISH MAINE POTATO CHOWDER

    Saute 1 small onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender.  Add 3 cups chicken broth (or 3 cups water and 1 1 /2 tablespoons chicken soup), 3 medium potatoes and 3 medium shredded carrots.  Boil and simmer until tender.

    Add 2 tablespoons parsley flakes, 1 /2 teaspoon salt, and 1 /4 teaspoon pepper.

    Combine 1 /4 cup flour, 1 cup milk and add to soup and bring to boil, stirring until thickened.

    Add 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese which should be room temperature to blend in well (less cream cheese can be used with shredded cheese)

    Stir in 2 cups cooked, cubed chicken meat (white meat is best!) and heat until hot but not boiling.

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    1. Cyndy

      April 27, 2016 at 12:06 pm

      In the potato chowder recipe is the 1 1/2 tablespoon of chicken soup perhaps chicken bouillon? Didn't make sense to me as transcribed and I can't see the written portion.

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      • Kevin

        April 27, 2016 at 6:37 pm

        Agreed, Cyndy, I thought that was an odd instruction too, but it says chicken soup, not bouillon..

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    2. Elsie

      April 28, 2016 at 10:42 am

      Kevin.....I just finished making the Potato Chowder recipe and it was totally AWESOME......it was too thick for me so I just added another 1/2 can of chicken broth.
      P.S. and I ordered your set of books even though I had already had most of them and love them so much I am giving these copies as Christmas gifts.....

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      • Kevin

        April 28, 2016 at 10:48 am

        Thanks, Elsie, glad you liked the chowder, and hope you like the book set, it was good to see you on the site!

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    3. Elsie

      April 28, 2016 at 11:00 am

      Cyndy and Kevin: I did not quite understand that same thing but I just used 3 bullion cubes with the 3 cups of water and it turned out great

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    4. Elsie

      April 28, 2016 at 11:03 am

      Cyndy and Kevin.....I felt the same way about that but I just added 3 bullion cubes to the 3 cups of hot water and it turned out great.

      Reply

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