Best 5 Red Clam Chowder Recipes

RHODE ISLAND RED CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Pour clam juice, and the juice from the canned clams into a large pot. Bring to a boil. Add onion, carrots, and potatoes; and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes, or until tender. Stir in the tomato soup and tomato sauce, and season with parsley and black pepper. Add clams last, and cook just until heated through.

RED LOBSTER CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a soup pot, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add onion, celery, leeks and garlic and saute for 3 minutes mixing often.
• Remove from the heat and add the flour, mixing well.
• Add milk and whisk vigorously.
• Drain clams and add juice to soup.
• Slowly bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and add potatoes and seasonings; simmer 10 minutes.
• Add clams and simmer 5-8 minutes.
• Finish with heavy cream.

RED CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except clams, salt and cayenne in slow cooker; cover and cook on high 4-5 hours, adding clams during last 30 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf; season to taste with salt and cayenne.

ALLANA'S ZESTY RED CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, place the vegetable oil, onion, carrots and celery. Slowly cook and stir 5 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender. Mix in the bacon, potato, clam juice, tomatoes, tomato sauce, white pepper, seasoning salt, parsley, marjoram, garlic powder, thyme, mustard, Cajun seasoning and hot pepper sauce. Reduce heat and simmer until the potato is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Mix in the clams and shrimp. Cook approximately 5 minutes more and serve.

GARRISON'S RED CLAM CHOWDER (A CHUNKY STEW)

Steps:

• 1. Open the 51 oz can of clams. Strain, reserving 2 cups of clam juice. Refrigerate the drained clams until ready to add to the stew. Set the juice aside (reserve until later). Any excess juice can be frozen for later use.
• 2. In a large pot, add the tomatoes and their juices, tomato sauce, halved onion, halved garlic head, red pepper flakes, olive oil and bay leaf. Bring to a boiling point over med/hi heat. Reduce heat and simmer (uncovered) on the lowest heat for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• 3. After reduction, fish out the bay leaf, garlic, and onion, and discard. Add the reserved 2 cups of clam juice and the clam base. (Clam Base) is found at a commercial type store like Smart and Final. Bring to boiling point again and simmer (uncovered) on the lowest burner for 30 minutes more.
• 4. At this point, you can cool the tomato base for your chowder and assemble the next day...or you can proceed by adding the strained clams and basil. Heat just until steam point and serve with hearty bread or garlic toast.