Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Super Quick Homemade New England Clam Chowder

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, new england clam chowder. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

New England Clam Chowder is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. New England Clam Chowder is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook new england clam chowder using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make New England Clam Chowder:

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

Instructions 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!

So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food new england clam chowder recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am sure that you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!