New England Clam Chowder

Name: New England Clam Chowder
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1kg fresh clams, scrubbed; 200g smoked bacon, diced; 3 potatoes, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 3 stalks celery, diced; 500ml clam broth or fish stock; 300ml double cream; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp plain flour; fresh thyme to garnish

Thick creamy chowder with fresh clams, potatoes and smoky bacon. Reserving every bit of the clam steaming liquid for the broth gives this chowder its deep, briny backbone instead of tasting like plain cream soup.

Total time

55 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

1kgfresh clams, scrubbed

200gsmoked bacon, diced

3potatoes, diced

1large onion, diced

3 stalkscelery, diced

500mlclam broth or fish stock

300mldouble cream

2 tbspbutter

2 tbspplain flour

fresh thymeto garnish

Instructions

Steam clams in a covered pot with 200ml water until open. Remove meat, reserve all liquid.

Fry bacon in butter until crispy. Add onion and celery, cook 8 minutes.

Add flour, stir 2 minutes.

Add clam liquid and stock. Add potatoes. Simmer 15 minutes.

Add cream and clam meat. Simmer 5 minutes.

Serve with oyster crackers.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

799

Protein

66.5g

Fat

46.6g

Carbs

23.8g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

1550mg

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