best clam chowder

Makes 4 main dish bowls or 6 small lunch bowls.

Best Clam Chowder

bacon strips (divided)

butter

celery (chopped)

leek (finely chopped (or 1 shallot))

onion

garlic

potatoes (red potatoes

broth (chicken

white pepper

salt

thyme

all-purpose flour

half-and-half (divided)

6-1/2 ounces each of chopped clams (undrained)

Bay leaf

chives onions

In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove 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, salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

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.

Stir in clams and juice 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 4 strips of crumbled bacon.

Crumble the reserved 4 strips of bacon. Garnish chowder with crumbled bacon and fresh chopped chives or green onions thinly sliced.

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celery (diced into 1/2 inch pieces)

carrots (diced into 1/2 inch pieces)

salted butter

Tablespoons fish base

water

salmon

halibut

clams

red potatoes

cayenne pepper

½ teaspoons basil dried (or 3 teaspoons fresh)

½ teaspoons thyme dried (or 3 teaspoons fresh)

oz cocktail shrimp peeled (deveined and

heavy cream

parsley

cannon ball French breads for a bread bowl

Cut the salmon and halibut into 1/2 inch chunks.

In a small saucepan, boil the diced red potatoes until tender, about 10 minutes.

While the potatoes are boiling, use a 4-quart pot to cook the onion, celery and carrots in the butter over medium heat until the onions are translucent, about 5-7 minutes.

Stir in the flour to make the roux and then cook for 5 minutes.

Add the water, fish base, salmon and halibut chunks and the clam juice (saving the clams for later).

Add the potatoes, white pepper, cayenne pepper, basil, thyme, and garlic, cook on medium heat, stirring often until fish is cooked. Please note that this will be a thick paste and that is okay, you can add more water if needed, but do not add too much because the 3 cups of heavy cream added in the next step will lighten the thickness to make it a thick chowder.

Add heavy cream, shrimp, and clam meat, cook 10 minutes, stirring often.

Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.

Serving note: If you want to serve this amazing seafood chowder in a bread bowl, buy small cannon ball French breads, scoop out most of the inside, and fill with the chowder.

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