Dales New England Clam Chowder Recipe 455

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.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER I

Steps:

• Place diced bacon in large stock pot over medium-high heat. Cook until almost crisp; add onions, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in water and potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and cook uncovered for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender.
• Pour in half-and-half, and add butter. Drain clams, reserving clam liquid; stir clams and 1/2 of the clam liquid into the soup. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until heated through. Do not allow to boil.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put clams in a pot. Add water, and cover. Turn the heat on and when the water starts to boil, reduce the heat to a low boil and let the clams steam until they open, about 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• When the clams are cool enough to handle, pluck out the meat from the clam shells (discard any clams that don't open), and discard the shells. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer, and set aside. Coarsely chop the clams and set them aside as well.
• In a soup pot or Dutch oven, heat the butter and bacon together over medium heat, cooking the bacon for about 3 minutes, until it just starts to curl. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until they're translucent and soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the diced potatoes and season with salt (lightly, as the clam broth you'll add later is salty), black pepper, and paprika. Stir a few times then add 1 ½ cups (375ml) of the clam broth. (Reserve and refrigerate any extra for later, in case you want to thin the soup.) Cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add the milk and cream, then the clams and gently warm until heated through, but do not boil. You can serve the chowder right away, stirring in the parsley just before ladling into bowls, or better yet, chill the chowder for several hours, which will give it time to meld and thicken. Rewarm it gently before serving. Taste for salt and pepper, adding more if you wish. If it's too thick after standing, thin with a bit of the reserved clam broth when rewarming it.

DALE'S NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Cook the bacon until crispy. In a large stock pot add in 50-ounce can cream of mushroom soup, Sherry, chicken and chicken bouillon. Fill 50 ounce can with water or clam juice for a different variation and stir well. If to thick add in more water, place over medium heat, add 24 ounce can of mushroom soup, water and stir. Wash and dice red potatoes and add to soup mix, cook for 20 minutes until potatoes are tender and firm. Wash and dice red onions and celery, saute in 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil and garlic and add potatoes once they've cooked. Add bacon and stir. Add bacon grease and thoroughly stir, add pepper to taste. Add more garlic 1 tablespoon at a time to taste. Let simmer 10 to 15 minutes and add clams, continue to simmer for another 10 minutes and serve.

DONNA'S NEW ENGLAND STYLE CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Rinse and scrub clams several times to remove as much sand as possible. Discard any clams with a broken shell. Place clams in dishpan or sink and just cover with cold water. Sprinkle corn meal over all and leave to soak for 3 to 4 hours. Rinse one final time to remove any cornmeal adhering to clams and place them in a large pot. Add 2 1/2 quarts of water and bouquet garni. Bring to a boil covered and steam for 12 to 15 minutes or until clams are open. Remove pot from heat and allow to cool. Meanwhile, heat olive oil over medium heat in a 10 quart heavy Dutch oven and add salt pork. Cook, stirring frequently, until fat is rendered and pork pieces are brown and somewhat crisp. Remove pork with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and reserve. Add onions to pan and cook, stirring frequently until onions are soft and transparent (do not allow the onions to brown). While onions are cooking, remove clams from shells collecting liquid from clams in pot with cooking liquid. As clams are removed, rinse them in the cooking liquid to remove any additional sand and reserve. Pour cooking liquid through a strainer lined with 3 layers of cheesecloth and add to onions. Add potatoes, clam juice and if necessary, enough water to just cover potatoes. Cook for 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Add clams, half-and-half and pepper to taste. Cook until heated through and correct seasoning. Serve in mugs or bowls and sprinkle with reserved "cracklings." Pass oyster crackers separately.

LINDA'S NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a lg. pot, put in potatoes, and onions. Add enough water to cover all.
• Add salt and pepper, and let come to a boil. Boil about 15 minutes.
• Drain out water, until it is just covering all.
• Add clams with juice and bottled clam juice (if you are using), milk and evaporated milk, Stir.
• Add stick of margarine, and stir as it melts to blend. Heat for 20 mins on med. heat.
• If you want to thicken the chowder, do so now, by adding about 1/2 cup flour into 2 cups COLD water, mixing well to remove lumps, then add about 1/3 at a time into chowder, until you get desired consistency.
• Add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Makes a big pot.