Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, clam chowder. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Clam Chowder is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Clam Chowder is something that I have loved my whole life.

Clam chowder is any of several chowder soups in American cuisine containing clams and broth or milk. In addition to clams, common ingredients include diced potatoes, salt pork, onions, and celery. Other vegetables are not typically used.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook clam chowder using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Clam Chowder:

1. Get 4 cans minced clams
2. Make ready 6 strips bacon
3. Get 1.5 C minced onions
4. Prepare 1 C diced celery
5. Prepare 1 C diced carrots
6. Prepare 3 medium diced red potatoes
7. Prepare 1 Knorr concentrated chicken stock
8. Make ready 1.5 C chicken stock
9. Get 2 C heavy cream
10. Take 2 bay leaves
11. Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
12. Get 1 tsp thyme
13. Make ready 1/3 C flour

Homemade clam chowder is easy and such a treat. It is creamy, but light and so satisfying. This creamy clam chowder recipe is loaded with tender clams, silky potatoes, and crunchy bacon. A classic clam chowder recipe for any time of year, with perfect tastes of bacon and clams.

Steps to make Clam Chowder:

1. Drain clam juice into a separate container and set both juice and meat aside.
2. Cut bacon into small pieces and cook over medium heat in a 6 qt dutch oven. Once bacon begins to get slightly crispy, add onion.
3. Saute onion for 5 minutes or until translucent. Add celery, carrots, and 1 small container of Knorr concentrated chicken stock. Mix well and saute for 5 minutes.
4. Add flour and saute for another 5 minutes while stirring constantly to avoid clumps.
5. Stir in liquid chicken stock, clam juice from cans, potatoes, pepper, thyme, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and simmer for approximately 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
6. Remove bay leaves and stir in heavy cream. Bring to boil, then lower heat. Simmer on low for 15 minutes.
7. Stir in minced clam.
8. Serve and enjoy!

The flavors mingle together into a delicious Best Clam Chowder! Fish chowders were the forerunners of clam chowder. The chowders originally made by the early settlers differed from other fish soups because they used salt pork and ship's biscuits. Clam chowder is a classic comfort food, especially along the Northeast Coast of the United States. New England clam chowder requires the use of milk, however, while Manhattan clam chowder skips.

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