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Clam chowder

01/26/2010 //  by Connie Veneracion

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My dictionary defines chowder as “a rich soup typically containing fish, clams, or corn with potatoes and onions.” Although chowders can be white (with milk or cream), red (with tomato sauce) or clear, probably the most well know is the clam chowder.

This clam chowder is so rich and substantial that it can be a meal by itself. It’s filling, trust me — see all those cubes of potatoes? It’s very tasty — if you’ve never tried combining clams and bacon in a soup, it’s time to do so because the result is simply stupendous.

Clam chowder

Clam chowder

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 to 6
Author: Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

  • 1 kilograms fresh clams (soaked in the fridge for several hours in several changes of water, then rinsed and drained)
  • 1 large onion peeled and roughly chopped
  • 250 grams belly bacon (NOT honey-cured, please!), cut into small pieces
  • 500 grams floury potatoes (i.e., not waxy), peeled and cut into half-inch cubes
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 and 1/2 cups milk or cream or a combination of milk and cream
  • salt
  • pepper
  • finely sliced spring onions and torn flat-leaf parsley for garnish

Instructions

  • Melt 2 tbsps. of butter in a pot. Add the bacon and cook until the color changes. Add the onion, lower the heat and let the onion sweat and starts to turn transparent.
  • Add the potatoes. Pour in about eight cups of water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for ten to 15 minutes or until the potatoes are almost done.
  • While the soup simmers, melt the remaining butter in a small pan. Add the flour all at once and stir to make a roux. Cook the mixture for about five minutes, stirring often. Take about a cup of the broth from the other pot and pour into the roux in a thin stream, stirring as you pour, until the mixture thickens.
  • Meanwhile, when the potatoes are done, add the roux little by little to the pot, stirring gently as you pour, to thicken the soup. Turn up the heat then add the clams and cook until the clams open. Pour in the milk or cream, stir, adjust the seasonings, allow to reach simmering point then turn off the heat. Your clam chowder is ready.
  • Garnish the clam chowder with onion leaves and parsley then serve with buttered bread.
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Comments

  1. mamsi

    01/26/2010 at 11:42 am

    Miss connie.. this looks sooo Good. Nakakagutom. And, i love the serving dish and plate.. .. Beautiful combination of colors…

    • Connie

      01/26/2010 at 5:56 pm

      Haven’t used that set in a looooong time hehehehe

  2. maria

    01/26/2010 at 11:20 pm

    It looks good. The flavourings are what I normally do when I make chowder.

    If I may add a piece of advice. Cook your clams separately so the grit in the clams goes to the bottom of the pot. This is because clams no matter how often we rinse them out and placing them in fresh water – will inevitably still hold grits or mud. You could flavour the clams by adding chopped shallots too if you wish. Save the clam water. When pouring do not pour all the liquid out as the grits will be in the bottom of the pot.

    Remove the clams from the shell and chop it.

    And if your potato is starchy enough, there won’t be any need to do a roux.

    You can substitute clams for shrimp, lobster, crab, add corn if you wish.

    • maria

      01/26/2010 at 11:21 pm

      I meant to add that you can use the clam liquid in the chowder instead of the fresh water.

  3. Hershey

    01/28/2010 at 7:56 pm

    oh oh oh! I made that one before in my post too! lolz! http://foodjournalofhershey.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/clam-chowder-first-new-year-post/ I used salt pork instead of bacon >:)

    • Connie

      01/28/2010 at 9:05 pm

      Ang sipag mo, you removed the clam meat from the shells! hehehe

      • Hershey

        01/29/2010 at 10:39 pm

        para cute tingnan lolz :D

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