Clam Chowder
Recipe: #1272
October 24, 2011
Categories: Pacific Northwest, Pacific Rim, Easter, Sunday Dinner, Clams, more
"My Best attempt at clam chowder over the years, thick and luscious, so much flavour. On special occasions I have added clams in the shell and mussels in the shell, with prawns added right at the end, oh my everyone loved it turned into a seafood chowder."
Original is 10 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (246.2 g)
- Calories 230.8
- Total Fat - 13.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.6 g
- Cholesterol - 47 mg
- Sodium - 650 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 18.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 5.5 g
- Protein - 10.5 g
- Calcium - 161.2 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Fry bacon in a large Dutch oven until crisp, remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Add onion to pot, saute until softened, then add potatoes and chicken stock. Season with salt and cayenne, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
Step 2
In a second large saucepan, melt butter, whisk in flour, whisking to make a roux. Cook for 1 minute, then add cream and milk while whisking. Cook over low heat until thickened.
Step 3
Pour into onion and potato mixture, add clams, 2 cans undrained, add clams only, from the other cans reserving the juice. Add Worcestershire and bacon.
Step 4
Add the other 2 cans of reserved juice a bit at a time to reach desired consistency and only if you want the soup less thick. Stir and gently cook over moderate heat until heated through. Transfer to soup tureen and garnish with parsley and paprika if using.
Tips
No special items needed.
3 Reviews
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