Best The Best Damn Clam Chowder Ever Recipes

THE BEST CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325. In a glass baking dish, whisk together flour and melted butter until combined. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden and crumbly. Set aside.
• In a large pot, melt 1-2 tablespoons of butter and add celery, onion, and leeks. Cook on medium heat for about 3-5 minutes or until soft and slightly transparent.
• Add all the remaining ingredients EXCEPT the butter/flour mixture, half & half, and clams. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes or until potatoes are cooked through and fork tender.
• Add the butter/flour mixture into chowder and stir until thick. The mixture will be extremely thick.
• Remove chowder from heat and stir in half & half until blended and smooth. Heat to serving temperature (do not bring to a boil), stirring occasionally. Once the chowder has thickened slightly, stir in the clams. Serve immediately.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium-high heat add the bacon and cook until slightly crisp and no longer pink. Remove it to a plate with a slotted spoon.
• Add the onion, celery, and garlic and cook until tender. Add the flour and stir.
• Add in the juice from the clams, chicken broth, milk, and half and half, then stir until there aren't any clumps. Add in the potatoes.
• Bring the pot to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer until the potatoes are tender and the soup is thick. Stir in the clams and salt and pepper to taste. Top with crumbled bacon and serve.

MY BEST CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain juice from clams into a large skillet over the onions, celery, potatoes and carrots. Add water to cover, and cook over medium heat until tender.
• Meanwhile, in a large, heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour until smooth. Whisk in cream and stir constantly until thick and smooth. Stir in vegetables and clam juice. Heat through, but do not boil.
• Stir in clams just before serving. If they cook too much they get tough. When clams are heated through, stir in vinegar, and season with salt and pepper.

CONTEST-WINNING NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; set aside. Saute celery and onion in the drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, water, clam juice, bouillon, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes., In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes., Stir in clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil). Crumble the cooked bacon; sprinkle over each serving.

THE BEST CLAM CHOWDER EVER

Steps:

• line a cookie sheet with foil and lightly spray with non-stick spray. cut the bacon in half and lay in single layer on foil.
• Bake bacon at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes- just until crisp but still flexible.
• remove bacon to paper towels for later use.
• open the cans of clams and drain over a bowl to RESERVE the juice. let continue to drain while working on the base of the chowder.
• NOW put all that bacon fat in a large pot. add the onions, celery, old bay seasoning and cook until soft. careful not to burn. you will mostly use a med to medium low heat through out recipe.
• peel the skin off the cooled baked potatoes and dice (large or small pieces depending on how chunky you like your soup) use more or less potatoes depending on how chunky you want it.
• let this cook for about 10 minutes stirring often to prevent scorching on bottom of pan. you want the potatoes to "soak" up the bacon fat. once that has happened. add the butter just until melted.
• sprinkle the flour all over and keep stirring. turn the heat up just a touch and do this for about 5 minutes or so until you see some browning happening in bottom of pot.
• NOW add that broth from the can, pay attention there may be a little bit of grit in the bottom from the clams, you dont want that in the pot.
• add enough water to cover the potatoes in the pot add pepper.
• bring this up to a boil and then turn down the heat to a low simmer for about 30 minutes.
• add your clams, and the bacon crumbled up and let cook for 15 minutes.
• add the heavy cream, cajun seasoning and let simmer on low for another 15 minutes.
• taste and adjust seasoning if desired.

THE BEST DAMN CLAM CHOWDER EVER

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, brown prosciutto, or bacon over medium-low heat until crisp.
• Add the onion and cook until softened.
• Add the flour and stir until lightly colored, about a minute.
• Slowly whisk in the clam broth, reserved clam liquid, potatoes, bay leaf and thyme. Simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add the clams, cream, fresh parsley, salt and white pepper.
• Bring to a simmer and serve immediately.
• (You may substitute any type of shellfish, or even fish for the clams in this recipe.).