Chowder is one of my favorite foods… it is all about comfort for me. Bergholz Fire Department each month does a fund raiser and sells them by the 1/2 gallon today! I can’t always get there, so this is a variation of their recipe for home creation…

Bergholz Chowder

Rev. Colleen Irwin

Made by Harold H. Heuer on April 13, 1983, with explanatory comments by Curt Heuer

There is a larger recipe located on his sons website..

https://jlheuer.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/chicken-chowder-revisited/

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Prep Time 45

Cook Time 5

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Servings 24 People

Equipment

1 12-15 quart kettle The larger the better...

Ingredients

Step one

4 pound Whole Chicken
1 gallon Water plus 2/5 cups of water
1.5 pound beef bones w/ meat (chuck or neck)
1 pound beef knuckle bones without meat
1 whole carrots, chopped up Large pieces
2 large onions, chopped up finely
1 stalk celery, chopped up Large Pieces
3 cloves garlic -- finely chopped

Step Two Ingredients

3 stalks celery Chopped fine
3 pounds chopped carrots
3 ounces cabbage, chopped up approximately 1-1/2
1 14.5 can crushed tomatoes
1 10.7 can tomato puree
½ cup frozen corn
½ cup frozen peas
¼ cup lima beans I usually add more corn or green beans and eliminate the lima beans as we don't eat them here.
2/3 cup frozen or fresh green beans cut to 1" pieces
1 small jar clam broth/juice
3 pounds white potatoes cupped into 1" pieces
2 cans chicken broth
1 tbsp parsley chopped fine

Instructions

Step 1

1 gallon plus 2-1/2 C of water, add All meat, stalk of celery, carrot, chopped garlic
4 pound Whole Chicken, 1 gallon Water plus 2/5 cups of water, 1.5 pound beef bones w/ meat (chuck or neck), 1 pound beef knuckle bones without meat, 1 whole carrots, chopped up Large pieces, 2 large onions, chopped up finely, 1 stalk celery, chopped up Large Pieces, 3 cloves garlic -- finely chopped
Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 hours. Let cook for about 1 hour, skimming off fat (foam) for approximately the first ½ hour, stirring occasionally
Once two hours is up, remove mean and vegetables. Toss vegetables and cut up mean while step is starting to cook
1 stalk celery, chopped up Large Pieces, 3 stalks celery Chopped fine, 3 pounds chopped carrots, 1 14.5 can crushed tomatoes, 3 ounces cabbage, chopped up

Step 2

Add corn, remaining celery, onions & carrots, cabbage, beans, clam broth and tomatoes; simmer 45 min.
1 10.7 can tomato puree, ½ cup frozen corn, ½ cup frozen peas, ¼ cup lima beans, 2/3 cup frozen or fresh green beans cut to 1" pieces
While that is simmering, cup the mean and set aside. When 45 minutes is completed, add the meat for 30 minutes is completed.
Add potatoes and remaining ingredients; simmer 60 min. or until potatoes have rounded edges.
3 pounds white potatoes cupped into 1" pieces, 2 cans chicken broth, 1 tbsp parsley chopped fine, 1 small jar clam broth/juice
Salt and Pepper to taste.

Notes

I don't add salt in the recipe as the canned tomatoes have it. Also, I prefer to add at the table.
I sometimes add two or three cabbage leave to step one to enhance flavor.
When I cannot get to Bergholtz this an excellent substitution.
I never really follow the directions, I often add more veggies and meat than the recipe calls for.
Some people will cook the beef components with broth the night prior in a crock pot on low then add that into pot for cooking with chicken.
This freeze well and I know other people that will can theirs.