How to Make Award-winning New England Clam Chowder

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, new england clam chowder. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

New England Clam Chowder is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. New England Clam Chowder is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have new england clam chowder using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make New England Clam Chowder:

1. Prepare 10 strips bacon
2. Prepare 2 tablespoon butter
3. Make ready 2 stalks celery chopped
4. Get 1 leek fine chopped
5. Get 1 onion finely chopped
6. Prepare 3 cloves garlic minced
7. Get 4 small russet potatoes peeled and diced
8. Take 1 cup chicken broth
9. Take 8 0z bottle clam juice
10. Take 1 teaspoon salt
11. Make ready 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
12. Make ready 1 tablespoon fresh thyme chopped
13. Make ready 1/3 cup flour
14. Prepare 2 cups half & half
15. Prepare 20 oz canned whole clams drained *give or take based on can
16. Prepare leaf Bay
17. Get Chopped green onion or chives for garnish

Instructions to make New England Clam Chowder:

1. In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. ** I baked mine on a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven until crispy and transferred drippings to pot
2. Remove bacon to paper towels to drain; set aside. Add butter to the drippings (you can spoon out some of the drippings if you don’t want to ues that much); saute celery, leek, and onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, broth, clam juice, salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into the soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
4. Stir in (drained) clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil); turn down to low heat; add the bay leaf. Cook for additional 2-3 minutes on low heat. Add in 5 strips of crumbled bacon.
5. Crumble the reserved strips of bacon. Garnish chowder with crumbled bacon and fresh chopped chives.

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