Christmas Clam Chili Chowder
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Yields:
-
1 1
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup cooked andouille sausages or 1 cup hot Italian sausage
- 3 slices bacon
- 2 cups white rice, cooked
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 3 quarts chicken broth
- 12 fluid ounces red wine vinegar
- 4 fresh tomatoes, skinned, seeded & diced
- 2 onions, sliced
- 1 (10 ounce) can rotel
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh red chili peppers
- 1 bunch fresh thyme, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup creole gumbo file seasoning
- 2 tablespoons chili seasoning mix
- 2 cans clams in broth
- 4 ounces canned okra (optional)
- 2 cups fresh thyme leaves (garnish)
- fresh cracked black pepper
directions
- Cook the bacon and remove from pan, reserving the drippings.
- Saute the onions and fresh Thyme on a medium heat in the bacon drippings, till the onions are translucent, but watch the heat. Fresh Thyme burns easily. Then, add 1/3 cup of the Chicken stock and simmer the onion/thyme mixture, covered, to further bring out the flavor, until all the liquid cooks off.
- Using a large, heavy saucepan, or stockpot over medium heat, blend the olive oil and flour to create a sauce, but turn down the heat, flour burns easily. Stir constantly until browned and bubbly. Mix in garlic, and cook about 1 minute.
- Gradually stir in the chicken broth and red wine vinegar into the sauce mixture. Bring to a gentle boil to allow the vinegar to cook down but still stirring constantly.
- Now add in the fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes, okra, Rotel, red chile peppers, cooked rice, Cajun seasoning, and the Onion/Thyme mixture to the stockpot and simmer everything for at least 40 minutes on a low heat, stirring occasionally.
- Crumbled bacon, cooked andoulle sausage and clams are the last ingredients to be added, and then simmered for 20 minutes more.
- Once the soup is ladled into bowls, sprinkle black pepper, and place some fresh Thyme leaves on top as a garnish.
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