Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade New England Clam Chowder

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, new england clam chowder. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

New England Clam Chowder is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. New England Clam Chowder is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have new england clam chowder using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make New England Clam Chowder:

1. Prepare 4 slices bacon
2. Prepare 2 Tbsp butter
3. Get 2 celery ribs
4. Prepare 1 large carrot
5. Prepare 2 leeks, white and light green
6. Prepare 2 russet potatoes
7. Take 1 ear sweet corn
8. Get 2 (8 oz) bottles clam juice
9. Make ready 3 (6.5 oz) cans chopped clams
10. Get 3 Tbsp flour
11. Prepare 1 cup heavy cream
12. Get 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
13. Take 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
14. Get 2 bay leaves
15. Prepare to taste black pepper, cayenne pepper and salt

Steps to make New England Clam Chowder:

1. Cut root and dark green from leeks. Cut in half lengthwise and thinly slice. Add to large bowl of cold water. Swish around to clean out the dirt and sand. Remove from water with slotted spoon.
2. Chop celery and carrot into fine dice. Cut corn from cob. Peel and chop potatoes into small 1/2" dice. Put potatoes in cold water until ready to use.
3. Add bacon to pot and cook on med-low until crisp. Remove for later garnish and save drippings in pot.
4. To the bacon grease add butter, leeks, carrots and celery. Cook until soft - about 10 minutes.
5. Add flour and cook 1-2 minutes. Add clam juice and liquid from strained clams. Turn heat to medium and bring to boil.
6. Add potatoes, corn, bay leaves, thyme, parsley, black pepper and cayenne pepper. I did not add salt because the bacon, clam juice and clams had sufficient salt. Taste and add salt if needed.
7. When potatoes are fork tender, turn heat back to med-low. Add clams and heavy cream. Heat 5-10 minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.
8. Serve with reserved bacon for garnish. Enjoy!

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