Newport Clam Chowder

Barb Gertz's Note:

This chowder is outstanding. The best I have ever made or eaten. It won the chowder cook off a few years ago.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ¼ cup butter
• 1 medium onion , chopped
• ¼ cup flour , plus
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups shucked clams (I used 4 cans, canned chopped and baby clams with juice)
• 3 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
• ½ lb boiling potato , peeled chopped and cooked
• 1 ½ cups half-and-half cream (I use fat free)
• salt and pepper
• ¼ teaspoon chopped fresh dill or ¼ teaspoon i used 1/4 teaspoon dried dill

Directions:

1. Melt butter in a large kettle or stock pot over medium heat, add onions and cook until clear; stir in flour and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, for 2 to 4 minutes; set aside to cool.
2. Cook peeled and chopped potatoes until tender; drain and set aside.
3. If using shucked clams, in a separate pot, bring clams and clam juice to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes; OTHERWISE add clam juice and clams to butter,onion and flour mixture.
4. Bring to a simmer while stirring constantly, continue stirring and slowly bring to a boil; reduce heat, add cooked potatoes.
5. Mix in half and half, salt and pepper and chopped or dried dill, heat through but do-not boil, enjoy.

Reviews

[Hey Jude]

This is great clam chowder, I've finally found a good recipe for this soup! My husband ate 3 bowls of it and he and I both liked the abundance of clams over potatoes. I used 4 small cans of chopped sea clams, along with their juice, and found that I only needed to add 2 bottles of the clam juice as we like our chowder on the thicker side. Thanks for posting this Barb, this is now our clam chowder recipe!

[MSZANZ]

Excellent!! I used canned diced potatoes to make it quicker and reduce the dishes, but did everything else exactly as stated. I am already looking forward to left overs!! Thanks!