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What are your favorite clam chowder recipes? I'm particularly interested in New England style, but would be interested in Manhattan style as well, perhaps.

Here's the recipe I found online, and then tripled for restaurant purposes (the original recipe only made 8 servings)

Ingredients:
12 slices bacon, diced
4 ½ cups chopped onion
4 ½ cups water
12 cups peeled and cubed potatoes
4 ½ tspns salt
9 cups cream
9 tbspns butter
6 (10 oz) cans minced clams
S&P to taste

Instructions:
Cook bacon and onion together for 5 minutes in soup pot
Stir in water and potatoes
Bring to boil and cook uncovered 15 minutes, or until potatoes are fork tender
Add cream and butter
Drain clams, reserve liquid
Stir clams and ½ of liquid into soup
Cook until heated thoroughly, do not allow to boil

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Well, I made the recipe that I posted, and it turned out alright. Needs tweaking, definitely. I think next time I'll add a little garlic, and maybe less water. Might boil the potatoes in more water than listed, then drain some. It ended up a little "soupy". But still delicious!

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Can clams work, usually not much choice. My wife is the chowder girl, she usual uses the vacuum packed frozen razors (from Westport) - shit is the bomb. Will pester her for recipe.

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This is the recipe for the best chowder I ever made in a restraunt it is thick enough to coat a spoon as you hold it over the bowl but not thick enough to stand a spoon in. When the restraunt was open it was known for one of the best clam chower in Anacortes.

Chop up and cook 15 strips bacon
then add
1 large onion diced
2 cups celery diced
2 cups carrots diced
cook lightly

in separate pot 6 cups potatoes pealed and cubed boil then turn off and let set in hot water until potatoes are soft but still firm and will not break up then drain.

to the mixture of veggies and bacon add 2 large retraunt cans of Clam Juice and the juice from a large can of clams, set the clams that were separated from the juice aside. I forget the ounces the cans of juice and clams are but they are but they are the restraunt size that are as tall as a #10 can but skinnier.

Once the juice starts to boil add 3 1/2 cups of Roux made from 1 part real butter and 1 part Flour (I have found that about 1 pound of each works perfect if you don`t have a large batch of Roux made up ahead of time like the restraunt I worked at did just make sure the roux is creamy. the smoother the roux the smoother the product. stir the roux in for 10 minutes then add Salt, Johnnys seasoning salt and pepper. The salt and pepper we did not measure we just dusted the top of this mixture I would say one small palm full of each.

Once it is thickened well and salt and pepper and seasoning salt are mixted in add 2 quarts of half and half then the clams and the potaoes you set aside..Everone I have made this for just loved it.

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I like to use a mix of minced and CHOPPED clams.

Cut back the water also.

Plus all you cheap fawks that have been hoarding up on the Patagonia raw shrimp, save the boiled stock and freeze it in cubes (Ive seen it done on here already once).

Use the clam stock as a water substitute.

I pick and dehydrate TONS of mushrooms each year. So I add Chanterelles and Lobster shrooms slices in my chowder also. Dried shrooms have a chewy texture when rehydrated and feel like chewing a clam strip but add great flavor.


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Is the roux cold?

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This is the recipe for the best chowder I ever made in a restraunt it is thick enough to coat a spoon as you hold it over the bowl but not thick enough to stand a spoon in. When the restraunt was open it was known for one of the best clam chower in Anacortes.

Chop up and cook 15 strips bacon
then add
1 large onion diced
2 cups celery diced
2 cups carrots diced
cook lightly

in separate pot 6 cups potatoes pealed and cubed boil then turn off and let set in hot water until potatoes are soft but still firm and will not break up then drain.

to the mixture of veggies and bacon add 2 large retraunt cans of Clam Juice and the juice from a large can of clams, set the clams that were separated from the juice aside. I forget the ounces the cans of juice and clams are but they are but they are the restraunt size that are as tall as a #10 can but skinnier.

Once the juice starts to boil add 3 1/2 cups of Roux made from 1 part real butter and 1 part Flour (I have found that about 1 pound of each works perfect if you don`t have a large batch of Roux made up ahead of time like the restraunt I worked at did just make sure the roux is creamy. the smoother the roux the smoother the product. stir the roux in for 10 minutes then add Salt, Johnnys seasoning salt and pepper. The salt and pepper we did not measure we just dusted the top of this mixture I would say one small palm full of each.

Once it is thickened well and salt and pepper and seasoning salt are mixted in add 2 quarts of half and half then the clams and the potaoes you set aside..Everone I have made this for just loved it.


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Warm roux works better

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Found this online when I first started going out for razor clams. Has not disappointed yet. Even had a friend use it and take 2nd place in a competition.
Easy to adjust for more or less servings.

1 limit of razor clams (15) that have been frozen and thawed
6 small red potatoes, chopped
6 small gold potatoes.
1/2 lb applewood smoked bacon, sliced
3 shallots, chopped
5 celery stalks with leaves, chopped
4 clove garlic, minced
1-8 oz brick of reduced fat cream cheese
1/4 c butter
5 c whole milk
1/2 pt heavy cream (optional)
2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
2 Tbsp fresh italian flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
1 Tbsp fresh chives, minced
2 dash(es) tabasco sauce
1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 c instant potato flakes
1 pinch sea salt
1 pinch coarsely ground black pepper

Directions
In large saucepan, add clams with juice, milk, cream cheese, butter, heavy cream (if using), thyme, parsley, Tabasco and red pepper flakes. Heat gently over low heat.
In a skillet, render the bacon until it's not quite crisp. Add in potatoes, celery, shallot and garlic...fry until potatoes are just about tender. Add to milk-clam mixture.
Heat SLOWLY over LOW heat until potatoes are tender. Add in instant potato flakes, a tablespoon at a time, until the chowder is the thickness you would like it to be. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with chopped chives.


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Captain90s wrote:
Well, I made the recipe that I posted, and it turned out alright. Needs tweaking, definitely. I think next time I'll add a little garlic, and maybe less water. Might boil the potatoes in more water than listed, then drain some. It ended up a little "soupy". But still delicious!

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Don't add garlic. Your recipe doesn't have any celery or parsley in it. Looks like the bacon didn't get crispy either.

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Ya, needs celery.
I'd thicken it with corn starch.

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Here's a good primer on chowder. I like the explanations, so I can decide what I prefer.

The recipe is attached at the bottom, and the comments are always fun:

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013 ... ecipe.html


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never had bacon in clam chowder.

Ipswich clams , true new england

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