How to Make Ultimate Clam Chowder

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, clam chowder. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A delicious, traditional, cream based chowder, this recipe calls for the standard chowder ingredients: onion, celery, potatoes, diced carrots, clams, and cream. A little red wine vinegar is added before serving for extra flavor. New England clam chowder normally contains clams, potatoes, onions, salted pork and milk or cream. The addition of dairy is considered the biggest difference from other chowders.

Clam Chowder is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Clam Chowder is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook clam chowder using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Clam Chowder:

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

Stir in the flour to distribute evenly. Add just enough water to cover mixture. Clam chowder is especially tasty when it's served with a sprinkle of fresh thyme, bacon crumbles and crispy oyster crackers on top. If you like your chowder on the thick side, add another tablespoon of flour after it is done in the pressure cooker. —Taste of HomeTest Kitchen Steam for three minutes until all clams are open.

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!

Clam chowder is especially tasty when it's served with a sprinkle of fresh thyme, bacon crumbles and crispy oyster crackers on top. If you like your chowder on the thick side, add another tablespoon of flour after it is done in the pressure cooker. —Taste of HomeTest Kitchen Steam for three minutes until all clams are open. Remove the clams as they open and transfer to a bowl. Add the steaming juices to the pot with the chowder. Using a stick blender puree to desired.

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