All-American Clam Chowder Recipe - Cooking Index
8 slices | Bacon - cut 1/2" pieces | |
1 | Onion - finely chopped (large) | |
14 oz | 397g | Canned minced clams - drained, and Liquid reserved |
2 | Potatoes - (6 oz ea) - pared, cubed | |
2 cans | Cream of celery soup | |
3 cups | 711ml | Milk |
1/8 teaspoon | 0.6ml | Freshly-ground black pepper |
Cook the bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon to paper toweling to drain. Coarsley chop bacon and set aside
Carefully pour off all but 1 Tablespoon of the bacon fat. Add the onion to the Dutch oven; cook over medium-low heat until tender and lightly browned, about 6 minutes. Add the reserved liquid from the clams and the potatoes. Lower heat; simmer, covered, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
Add the celery soup, milk and pepper to the Dutch oven. Gently heat through; do not boil. Stir in the reserved clams and bacon. Gently heat through. Serve the chowder immediately.
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