Sydney's Clam Chowder
"This recipe is a combination of different chowder recipes I found in an old cook book. This was what my family liked the best."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 lb bacon, cut into small pieces
- 4 -5 medium potatoes, peeled & diced
- 2 bunches green onions, chopped (Use some of the tops)
- 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth or (14 ounce) cans vegetable broth
- 4 (6 ounce) cans clams, do not drain
- 2 pints heavy whipping cream
- salt and pepper
directions
- In dutch oven, render bacon until brown & crispy.
- To bacon & drippings add chopped green onions, and cook until tender, 2-3 minutes.
- Add cans of clams (with the juice) and cans of broth.
- Add potatos.
- Cover and simmer about 20 minutes until potatos are fork tender.
- Add cream and stir well.
- Bring back up to temp and simmer for about 10 more minutes so flavors can blend.
- Add a roux to thicken. (To 3-4 TBLS butter melted in a small skillet, add 3-4 TBLS flour. These amounts are ALWAYS equal. Stir to blend and let sizzle for a few minutes to get rid of "raw" taste. Stir a couple of times and add to chowder.) Chowder should be close to boiling when you add this.
- Bring it to a full boil and it will thicken.
- You can serve this with crusty bread and/or salad. Or keep it simple and have oyster crackers ready to serve.
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Reviews
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With a recipe name like that I just HAD to try it, & I'm glad I did! I did cut the amount of bacon back to 3 strips, used 5 potatoes & the chicken broth! All that along with very easy-to-follow directions made for a GREAT clam chowder experience! I served this with a crusty, heavy, whole wheat bread that I like! Thanks for this definite keeper! [Made & reviewed for one of my adopted chefs in this Spring's PAC]
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My name is Sydney. I have 3 sons, who are 19, 17 and 15 and a wonderful girlfriend. Fortunately for me, they love just about anything I make. I am an office manager.
I love to work on stained glass projects, bowling, NASCAR (#9), reading and of course cook. :) I love to read cookbooks, especially old ones to find ideas to inspire me. I like to try new recipes. To me, food is a gift of love. I like to show people I care about them with the things that I make. My mom is an awesome cook. As a teenager however I was almost never in the kitchen, so I guess I learned to cook by osmosis ;D
I remember making several calls to my mom when I moved out on my own and when I was a new bride, and I would write some of it down, but my mom doesnt always go by a recipe for her standard things, she has it in her head. Things she learned to make from her mom never used measurements, it was it should "look" like this or "taste" like that, or "feel" this way. So I learned to cook very oddly/old school, and it can make for passing on a recipe very difficult. Although because I learned to cook this way, I never think "I cant make that", rather I think "I bet I can find a recipe for that...."
No recipe yet has intimidated me so maybe its a good thing.
One of my pet peeve's in reference to food is people who say "eeewwwwww I dont like that. I've never tried it but I dont like it" and picky eaters. Zaar has become my favorite cookbook. What I like about Zaar is the "save to cook book" function. I love that the recipes I want are only a mouse click away. My absolute favorite place to be is the beach. We live about 3 hours away right now. One day, I want to live in Myrtle Beach full time. I want to be where its warm most of the time. :)
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