Possible Clues:

• Ultimately, chowder is fish dish
• Rhode Island’s one and only minced meat dish
• Retired master, single, making dish from leftovers
• Food fish seen after risk reduced
• Small cake of deep-fried minced meat
• Food only provided after risk reduced
• Teacher’s upset, being given single meatball
• Fried and breadcrumbed dish
• Hamburger is so lean -- put some in dish
• Teacher brought back unique meat dish