Mom's Clam Chowder
Created by Sue on February 25, 2013
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Recipe #8259
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- Salt (1 pinch)
- 4 cups chopped potatoes (peeled)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion
- 1/4 cup butter (or 1/4 cup margarine)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
- 1 can (12 ounce) evaporated milk
- 2 cans (10 ounce) clams (baby clams)
- Salt and pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Cook potato in 2 cups water with pinch of salt until tender, but do not drain.
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Step 2: In a small pan, saute onion in butter until tender; add flour, cayenne, and celery seed; stir well.
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Step 3: Drain juice from clams into potatoes and reserve clams for later.
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Step 4: Add parsley and milk to potatoes, and stir well.
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Step 5: Heat potato mixture, and add onion/flour mixture, stirring constantly until thickened slightly.
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Step 6: Stir in clams; and season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Step 7: Cook for 5-10 minutes more or until heated through.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (372.5 g)
- Calories 281.4
- Total Fat - 12.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.3 g
- Cholesterol - 48.9 mg
- Sodium - 551 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.5 g
- Sugars - 5.5 g
- Protein - 13.5 g
- Calcium - 132 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 13 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg