OLD FASHIONED MIDWESTERN CLAMBAKE
I have been making these with my family since as long as I can remember. This is a home version for 12 or so people. When I was growing up my dad and uncle would feed between 100-150 people. In my home version I bag all like ingredients together and just put everything in the middle of the table for folks to go at it. When we...
Provided by Lou Kostura
Categories Seafood
Time 5h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Scrub clams of all sand using a vegetable brush, even if you are told they are clean from the fish monger they are NOT
- 2. Bag clams in cheese cloth bags and tie, bag corn, sweet potatoes
- 3. Season chicken halfs with salt and pepper and bag in cheesecloth, bag up the backs and necks
- 4. Load all the bags into a very large stockpot ( mine is 28 quart) Add the celery, butter(yes the whole pound), salt and pepper. Place one large sweet potato on top of everything
- 5. Cover and bring to a rolling boil, then reduce heat to simmer. When a fork is easily inserted into large sweet potato on top it done
- 6. Put bags out on table, discard backs and necks, cut open bags and let everyone at it. Serve with additional melted butter and lots of napkins, and a cup of broth.
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