Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, new england clam chowder. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
New England Clam Chowder is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. New England Clam Chowder is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
A real New England Clam Chowder NEVER thickens with flour or cornstarch. That will change the flavor and texture completely. Light cream and freshly ground pepper are added to the hot chowder just before adding the clams. I have never used canned clams but I'm sure they are similar to fresh.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have new england clam chowder using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make New England Clam Chowder:
- Take bacon
- Prepare butter
- Take celery chopped
- Get leek fine chopped
- Take onion finely chopped
- Get garlic minced
- Make ready small russet potatoes peeled and diced
- Make ready chicken broth
- Make ready 0z bottle clam juice
- Make ready salt
- Take fresh ground black pepper
- Prepare fresh thyme chopped
- Make ready flour
- Prepare half & half
- Take canned whole clams drained *give or take based on can
- Make ready Bay
- Take Chopped green onion or chives for garnish
Variations of New England clam chowder exist throughout the region and, depending on where you are, the consistency can be thin or thick. Additionally, although it is generally regarded a cardinal sin to add tomatoes, there are some who insist on adding just enough to turn the color a pretty pink. This New England Clam Chowder is the absolute best! This easy clam chowder recipe makes perfect comfort food for a cold night.
Steps to make New England Clam Chowder:
- In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. ** I baked mine on a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven until crispy and transferred drippings to pot
- Remove bacon to paper towels to drain; set aside. Add butter to the drippings (you can spoon out some of the drippings if you don’t want to ues that much); saute celery, leek, and onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, broth, clam juice, salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into the soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
- Stir in (drained) clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil); turn down to low heat; add the bay leaf. Cook for additional 2-3 minutes on low heat. Add in 5 strips of crumbled bacon.
- Crumble the reserved strips of bacon. Garnish chowder with crumbled bacon and fresh chopped chives.
This New England Clam Chowder is the absolute best! This easy clam chowder recipe makes perfect comfort food for a cold night. Made with bacon, plenty of potatoes, and with just the right amount of cream, you will be a chowder master with my instructions for how to make clam chowder. Chopped clams, aromatic vegetables and creamy potatoes blended with low-fat milk and just a half cup of cream gives this chunky New England-style clam chowder plenty of rich body. Serve with oyster crackers and a tossed salad to make it a meal.
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