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New England Clam Chowder

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New England Clam Chowder

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

1

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

2

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

3

Add flour, stir 2 minutes.

4

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

5

Add cream and clam meat. Simmer 5 minutes.

6

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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