Clam chowder with bacon is a classic New England dish that is enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a thick, creamy soup that is made with clams, potatoes, onions, celery, and bacon. The bacon adds a smoky flavor to the soup that makes it irresistible. There are many different variations of clam chowder, but the basic ingredients are always the same. In this article, we will provide you with a recipe for a classic clam chowder with bacon that is sure to please everyone at your table. We will also provide tips on how to make the soup ahead of time and how to store it. So, gather your ingredients and let's get started!
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NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER I
Hot and hearty recipe that will warm you up on cold winter days.
Provided by Debbie2
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood
Time 45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place diced bacon in large stock pot over medium-high heat. Cook until almost crisp; add onions, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in water and potatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and cook uncovered for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender.
- Pour in half-and-half, and add butter. Drain clams, reserving clam liquid; stir clams and 1/2 of the clam liquid into the soup. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until heated through. Do not allow to boil.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 395.8 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 101.4 mg, Fat 22.5 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 24.1 g, SaturatedFat 11.5 g, Sodium 706.2 mg, Sugar 2 g
BACON CLAM CHOWDER
Chopping the clams into tiny pieces adds big flavor to this full-bodied chowder from Betty Lineaweaver. "Everyone says it's the best they've ever tasted," she writes from her Paradise, California home. "I like to serve it with garlic bread or a side salad."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 30m
Yield 3 cups.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine the first six ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10-12 minutes or until potato is tender., Meanwhile, drain clams, reserving juice. Place clams in a small food processor; process until finely chopped., In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and cream until smooth; stir into pan. Add reserved clam juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until soup is thickened. Stir in butter, cayenne and clams; heat through. Top servings with bacon.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 220 calories, Fat 5g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 50mg cholesterol, Sodium 416mg sodium, Carbohydrate 21g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 20g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
CLAM AND BACON CHOWDER
A simple and delicious clam and bacon chowder flavoured with thyme. The perfect chowder for those who dislike overly thick chowders.
Provided by Chef's Notes
Categories Soup
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Boil the potatoes until they are tender. Drain them well, and divide in half. Leave half the potatoes as they are and mash the other half. Set aside.
- Put the bacon in a medium pot over medium heat. Cook until brown and crisp. Drain all the fat but 1 tbsp.
- Add the celery and onion into the pot with the bacon and cook for about 5 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and the onions are translucent.
- Add the milk into the pot and cook just until it is hot.
- Stir the mashed potato into the milk, then add in the diced potatoes, and thyme. Turn the heat down to low and simmer the chowder for about 5 minutes.
- Add the clams into the chowder, season it with salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
CLAM CHOWDER
Provided by Alex Guarnaschelli
Categories appetizer
Time 1h45m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- Place a large pot or rondeau on the stove and add 3 cups water. Bring the water to a boil and add the clams. Cook until the clams pop open. Though it is important to stir the clams as they cook, take care because the shells are fragile and break easily. Put the clams in a colander and reserve the cooking liquid. Shell the clams; discard the shells and reserve the clam meat and the liquid separately.
- Add the bacon to another large pot and cook over medium heat until crispy. Drain the bacon with a slotted spoon onto a paper towel, dust with Aleppo pepper and set aside. Add the butter to the bacon fat in the pot and quickly cook the celery, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Remove the celery with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Add the garlic, leeks and onions to the pot and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Cook until the vegetables become tender and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the vermouth. Continue to cook until almost all of the liquid has evaporated, 8 to 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in another large pot, combine the cream, thyme, potatoes and bay leaves. Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Add a splash of hot sauce and Worcestershire. Stir to blend. Taste for seasoning.
- There is a good chance there will be grit in the clam cooking liquid. Strain it and add it to the onion/leek mixture. Stir to blend. Taste for seasoning. Combine with the potato mixture. Add the clam meat, reserved celery, tarragon and dill. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Add the marsala. Taste for seasoning. Add more cream and water if needed. Top with the bacon just before serving and serve with the Baked Bread.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange the bread on a baking sheet in a single layer. Melt the butter in a small skillet over low heat and add the garlic. Sprinkle with salt and white pepper. Heat gently for 1 minute. Use a pastry brush to coat the bread slices with the butter. Pour any remaining butter into the bottom of the baking sheet. Dust the bread with the paprika and dill seeds. Place the baking sheet in the center of the oven and bake until the slices are browned and crispy, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove and cool for a minute before serving alongside the soup.
CLASSIC CLAM CHOWDER
Provided by Tyler Florence
Categories main-dish
Time 1h40m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Start by making the clam broth: Put a large pot over medium heat, add the bacon and saute until the fat is rendered and the bacon is browned, about 5 minutes. Remove the cooked bacon pieces from the pot and reserve them for something else. Add a 1-count of olive oil, the onion, garlic, thyme, and bay leaf and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the clams, lemon juice, white wine, and water and bring to a low boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pot, and simmer for 10 or 15 minutes to steam open the clams. Remove the clams from the pot, discarding any that don't open. Strain the broth into a bowl. Pull the clams out of their shells, chop them, and set them aside separately; discard the shells. Set the broth aside.
- Heat the butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the bacon, onion, garlic, and thyme and cook until the bacon renders its fat and the vegetables are good and soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Dust the vegetables with flour and stir to coat everything well. Pour in the clam broth and bring to a boil. Add the cream and the potatoes, bring to a boil and boil hard for about 7 minutes, until the potatoes break down (this will help to thicken the soup and give it a good texture). Add the chopped clams and season with salt and pepper.
- Now add the 16 clams in their shells. Cover and simmer to open the clams, about 10 minutes. Stir in the parsley and serve hot, with the common crackers.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Put the crushed crackers in a bowl, add the oil and melted butter, and toss to coat the crackers with the fat. Spread on a baking sheet and bake until crisp and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
- Yield: 2 cups
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Inactive Prep Time: none
- Ease of preparation: easy
CONTEST-WINNING NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER
This is the best New England clam chowder recipe, ever! In the Pacific Northwest, we dig our own razor clams and I grind them for the chowder. Since these aren't readily available, the canned clams are perfectly acceptable. -Sandy Larson, Port Angeles, Washington
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 55m
Yield 5 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; set aside. Saute celery and onion in the drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, water, clam juice, bouillon, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes., In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes., Stir in clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil). Crumble the cooked bacon; sprinkle over each serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 260 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 22mg cholesterol, Sodium 788mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 13g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
NEW ENGLAND RAZOR CLAM CHOWDER
Thick New England clam chowder using razor clams. My family likes to harvest razor clams on the Washington coast. We clean and freeze our clams. You might be able to use canned clams. My husband like thick clam chowder. If you do not want it as thick omit flour, and/or use milk instead of cream. Serve with bread and salad.
Provided by Candia Mathieson
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Chowders Clam Chowder Recipes
Time 1h15m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook and stir bacon in a large pot over medium-high heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towel, reserving drippings in the pot.
- Cook and stir potatoes, onion, and garlic in the hot bacon drippings until onions are translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir flour into the potato mixture; cook together for about 1 minute. Add evaporated milk, heavy cream, liquid from clams, and bay leaf to the potato mixture; stir.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer, reduce heat to medium, and cook until the potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes. Add clams to the soup; cook until the clams are hot, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle bacon atop the soup. Season with salt and pepper to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 574.9 calories, Carbohydrate 31.6 g, Cholesterol 112.3 mg, Fat 40.8 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 20.5 g, SaturatedFat 17.6 g, Sodium 574 mg, Sugar 6.9 g
CREAMY CLAM CHOWDER
This is a traditional clam chowder with bacon, half-and-half, clam juice, and thickened with a roux. Recipe is from All recipes.
Provided by Lavender Lynn
Categories Chowders
Time 1h20m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a medium skillet over medium heat, cook bacon, celery, and onion until onion is translucent.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
- Whisk in flour to form a roux, cooking until bubbly.
- Whisk in 1 jar of clam juice, until smooth.
- Stir in onion mixture.
- Pour in half-and-half,and rest of clam juice, stirring constantly.
- Stir in clams, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
- Season with pepper and serve.
THICK AND CREAMY NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER
This is the BEST chowder I've ever had. I've had chowder at Legal Seafoods in Boston, which I have to say is good, but mine is BETTER! If you like thick chowder, you'll love this one!!
Provided by teen7043
Categories Chowders
Time 1h15m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Add bacon to sauce pan and cook on medium low heat until crispy.
- Add onion and cook until translucent.
- Add clam juice from both cans.
- Add potatoes.
- Cook and cover until potatoes are fork tender, about 15-20 minutes.
- Stir occasionally so potatoes won't stick.
- Add clams, soup, cream, milk, and dill weed.
- Stir together.
- Add butter and let melt into the chowder.
- Cook for about 30-45 minutes or until thickened.
- Stir occasionally.
Tips:
- Use fresh clams whenever possible. Fresh clams will give your chowder the best flavor. If you can't find fresh clams, frozen clams are a good option.
- Don't overcook the clams. Clams are delicate and will toughen if they are overcooked. Cook them just until they are opaque.
- Use a good quality bacon. The bacon is one of the main flavors in this chowder, so it's important to use a good quality bacon that you enjoy the taste of.
- Don't skimp on the vegetables. The vegetables add flavor, texture, and nutrients to the chowder. Use a variety of vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, celery, and onions.
- Season the chowder to taste. Add salt, pepper, and other seasonings to taste. You may also want to add a splash of lemon juice or white wine.
- Serve the chowder hot. Clam chowder is best served hot, so make sure to reheat it if you have leftovers.
Conclusion:
Clam chowder is a classic New England dish that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is a hearty and flavorful soup that is easy to make. With a few simple tips, you can make a delicious clam chowder that your family and friends will love. So next time you're looking for a comforting and satisfying meal, give clam chowder a try.
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