Easiest Way to Make Quick Delicious Easy Clam Chowder

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, delicious easy clam chowder. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. In the same skillet, saute onion in reserved drippings until tender. Stir in the potatoes, water, clam juice, bouillon, pepper and thyme. Heat a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have delicious easy clam chowder using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Delicious Easy Clam Chowder:

1. Get 5 medium potatoes
2. Prepare 5 can clam 6.5 oz
3. Take 1/2 packages bacon
4. Prepare 3 1/2 cup water or broth
5. Get 1 chopped onion
6. Take 1 sprig of thyme
7. Take 3 tsp salt
8. Make ready 1 parsley, roasted garlic optional
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
10. Get 4 cup milk or half and half
11. Prepare 1 Bread bowl optional
12. Get 7 tbsp cornstarch

Directions In a large saucepan, saute the onion, carrots and celery in butter until tender. Stir in potato soup and two cans of undrained clams. Drain and discard juice from remaining can of clams; add clams to soup. Yes, you can use fresh clams for this recipe by steaming and mincing the clams before making the chowder.

Steps to make Delicious Easy Clam Chowder:

1. Turn on crockpot to high, add clam with its juice, broth and the chopped potato. I recommend peeling the potato first. Do not add the cream or milk.
2. Chop onion then sautee onion in pan until soft for about 5 min. Add sauteed onion to crockpot and allow the contents to cook for 3 hours or when potatoes are soft.
3. During the fourth hour of cooking, you'll want to add the milk or cream and cornstarch. Mix 7 tablespoons of cornstarch with one cup of milk or cream and then add it to the crockpot. We like our clam chowder hearty and a little thick. Stir. Add the remaining cups of milk or cream. Stir.
4. Within the last hour, your soup will thicken. When its done to your liking, top will parsley, green onion, cheese, hot sauce and or bacon (basically whatever you want) and viola!
5. **** Bacon: I highly recommend oven baking your bacon. Less splatter, less mess and just as good.

Drain and discard juice from remaining can of clams; add clams to soup. Yes, you can use fresh clams for this recipe by steaming and mincing the clams before making the chowder. To steam, place clams in a covered stockpot with a cup and a half of water. Remove shells from stockpot and scoop clam meat out. Drain the clams, reserving the clam juice.

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