Wilmas Clam Chowder Recipes

WILMA'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain juice from the clams into a medium size pot, set the clams aside. Add water or bottled clam juice. Add potatoes and onions to the pot and cover. Cook over a medium heat until potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.
• Add milk, evaporated milk, butter or margarine, parsley, thyme, seafood seasoning, celery salt, salt and pepper to taste, cracker crumbs and clams.
• Simmer until soup is about to boil, be careful not to let it boil. Serve hot.

IVAR'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, drain the juice from the clams; set the clams aside.
• Combine clam juice with the onions, celery and potatoes.
• Add enough water to barely cover and simmer, covered, over medium heat until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter.
• Add flour and stir in to the butter.
• Slowly whisk in the warm half-and-half.
• Cook and whisk until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes.
• If you want a thinner chowder, add 1/2 to 3/4 cup water or clam broth.
• Add the vegetables with their cooking liquid, clams, salt, pepper and sugar to the pan.
• Stir well and adjust the seasonings if necessary.

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 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.).

WINDJAMMER'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Have fish market open clams and reserve juice.
• Separate clams from juice and chop clams coarsely.
• Meanwhile, boil diced potatoes 5 to 10 minutes until done but still firm. Drain and reserve potatoes.
• Saute onion in butter, cooking over low heat until transparent. In a saucepan combine onion, cream, milk and clam juice. Heat until almost boiling.
• Add Worcestershire sauce and chopped clams. Simmer about 3 minutes until clams are just cooked through.
• Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Add potatoes and dill. Serve immediately.

WILMA'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain juice from the clams into a medium size pot, set the clams aside. Add water or bottled clam juice. Add potatoes and onions to the pot and cover. Cook over a medium heat until potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.
• Add milk, evaporated milk, butter or margarine, parsley, thyme, seafood seasoning, celery salt, salt and pepper to taste, cracker crumbs and clams.
• Simmer until soup is about to boil, be careful not to let it boil. Serve hot.

WILMA'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain juice from the clams into a medium size pot, set the clams aside. Add water or bottled clam juice. Add potatoes and onions to the pot and cover. Cook over a medium heat until potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.
• Add milk, evaporated milk, butter or margarine, parsley, thyme, seafood seasoning, celery salt, salt and pepper to taste, cracker crumbs and clams.
• Simmer until soup is about to boil, be careful not to let it boil. Serve hot.

MARK'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put veggies in pot.
• Drain clam juice into veggie pot.
• Add water to cover.
• Boil until tender.
• Make white sauce with remaining ingredients.
• Melt butter.
• Stir in flour, salt, and pepper.
• Cook for 3 or 4 minutes.
• Add half and half, stirring continuously until thick.
• Add clams and veggies to white sauce.
• Heat through.

WILMA'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain juice from the clams into a medium size pot, set the clams aside. Add water or bottled clam juice. Add potatoes and onions to the pot and cover. Cook over a medium heat until potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.
• Add milk, evaporated milk, butter or margarine, parsley, thyme, seafood seasoning, celery salt, salt and pepper to taste, cracker crumbs and clams.
• Simmer until soup is about to boil, be careful not to let it boil. Serve hot.

WILMA'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Drain juice from the clams into a medium size pot, set the clams aside. Add water or bottled clam juice. Add potatoes and onions to the pot and cover. Cook over a medium heat until potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.
• Add milk, evaporated milk, butter or margarine, parsley, thyme, seafood seasoning, celery salt, salt and pepper to taste, cracker crumbs and clams.
• Simmer until soup is about to boil, be careful not to let it boil. Serve hot.

CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in salted water until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain. Mash lightly.
• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and saute onion and garlic until translucent, and starting to go a light gold, 6-8 minutes.
• Add the half and half and cream, ¾ cup reserved clam juice, salt, thyme and white pepper and heat to scalding.
• Add potatoes and clams.
• Bring to simmer, stirring frequently. Thin with some milk if desired.
• Serve immediately, floating 1 pat of butter per bowl of soup and dusting with parsley.

JIM'S NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Dice the salt pork into small cubes.
• I usually slice it into a grid while it is still attached to the skin, then slice across the skin where it attaches to the fat and the cubes pop off easily.
• Sauté the salt pork in a large 5 quart non stick sauce pan.
• When the cubes are golden brown strain them from the rendered fat onto a paper bag to drain.
• Save 4 tablespoons of the liquid fat from the salt pork,then wipe out the sauce pan with a paper towel.
• Put the fat back in the sauce pan.
• Dice the large onion into small pieces.
• Slice the 3 ribs of celery lengthwise then dice it into small pieces.
• Place the diced onion and celery into the heated pork fat and sauté until the onions are opaque and the celery is a bit soft.
• Pour the entire can of clams (broth and all) into the onion/celery mixture and bring to a simmer.
• Place the rosemary into the clam broth mixture.
• Peel the Maine potatoes OR scrub the red bliss potatoes.
• Then cut them into 3/4-inch cubes--I like them a bit chunky--and soak them in cold water for about five minutes.
• Take the stick of butter and melt it in a small sauce pan.
• Add the 3 tablespoons of flour to the melted butter and stir until well blended.
• Drain the potatoes and place them into the clam mixture, simmer until al dente.
• Next, pour the 2 cups of milk into the simmering clam broth mixture and bring back to a simmer.
• Lastly, swirl the butter/flour roux into the chowder and simmer for about 10 more minutes until the chowder thickens.
• Remove the rosemary and serve this chowder in big bowls with oyster crackers and the pieces of golden brown pork fat, salt and pepper to taste.
• NOTE: I don't like my chowder too thick so you may have to adjust the butter/flour mixture.
• You may skip the butter and use a low-fat margarine.
• You may also substitute skim milk too (or skip the milk altogether, this is called Point Judith/Rhode Island style!).
• You may even skip the whole pork fat thing for a healthier recipe.
• This chowder is so hearty that it stands up well to "healthier alternative" substitutions.