Awesome Clam Chowder
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 4 (6 1/2 ounce) cans clams, drained and liquid reserved (I used a mix of minced and whole baby clams)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (or any light tasting oil)
- 2 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
- 1 1⁄2 cups minced onions
- 1 1⁄2 cups diced celery
- 3 cups cubed potatoes
- 1 cup frozen corn or 1 cup fresh corn
- 1 1⁄2 cups diced carrots
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups half-and-half cream
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 (4 ounce) can baby shrimp, drained
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar, I know it sounds weird but it really adds a spark
- 2 1⁄4 teaspoons salt, I like use sea salt
- ground black pepper
directions
- Sauté celery, onions, and carrots (if using fresh corn add it now) and in oil in a large skillet until softened.
- Add potatoes, frozen corn, bottles of clam juice, plus enough drained liquid from canned clams to cover vegetables*, and cook over medium heat until tender. *If not enough liquid add only enough water until vegetables are covered.
- After about 10 - 15 minutes, when vegetables are almost tender, melt the butter in a large heavy soup pot over medium heat.
- Whisk flour into melted butter until smooth and fully cooked.
- Whisk in half & half and chicken stock, stir constantly until thick and smooth.
- Stir in vegetables, cooking liquid, and season with salt and pepper. Heat through, but do not boil.
- Stir in clams and shrimp – If they cook too much they get tough - do not allow it to boil. When clams are heated through, stir in vinegar.
- At this point I took it off the heat and let it cool down enough to put into the fridge covered as I was serving it the next day.
- A couple of hours before serving I just put it into the crock from one of my slow cookers, put the lid on, then put it into the microwave at 10 minutes at 50% power to get it started and then into the slow cooker on slow.
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