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    Easy Clam Chowder Recipe

    Published: Nov 12, 2020 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Soup season is upon us once again and Clam Chowder was a recipe that I’ve been wanting to make and share on this blog for a while now.  Clam chowder is a creamy based soup made with potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, and clams. The juice from the clams helps give the soup its clam flavor so don’t skip out on that ingredient and don’t accidentally drain the juices into the sink. Ha! 

    Top the soup with some chopped bacon or cheese if you have the ingredients on hand.  I have tons of other soup recipes on this site and make sure to check out some other soup recipes below. 

    Easy Clam Chowder Recipe

    Ingredients for Clam Chowder 

    Vegetables: potatoes, onions, celery, and carrots 

    Chopped Clams: super fresh clams can be hard to find in some cities especially here in the Midwest so that is why I prefer to use canned 

    Seasonings: Salt and Pepper 

    Butter and flour to thicken the chowder

    Milk: usually heavy cream is used in a traditional chowder but I used milk to help lighten the soup up a bit. 

    Additional ingredients not listed but would also be good in this chowder would be bacon or some cheese sprinkled on top of the chowder. 

    How to make Clam Chowder  

    For the full recipe please see recipe card below. 

    Melt the butter in a stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, and carrots and continue cooking for 3 to 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent. 

    Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and stir until lightly browned, 1 minute. Pour in 2 cups of water. Add the potatoes a long with the canned clams and juices.  Bring to a simmer and cook the potatoes until tender. 15 minutes. 

    Stir in milk until heated through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 

    Garnish with chopped bacon, cheese, scallions, or chives if desired. 

    Other Soup Recipes to Try 

    Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup - tired of plain boring chicken noodle soup? Give this one a try! 

    Winter Minestrone Soup - a hearty vegetable soup with pasta 

    Instant Pot Ham and Potato Soup - If you still have some leftover ham from Easter this is a great recipe to get rid of some of those leftovers 

    Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup - a simple copy cat  version of Panera’s soup 

    If you’ve tried this Clam Chowder or any other recipe on the site, let me know in the comment section how it turned out. Snap a picture and upload it to share on Pinterest or Instagram! Make sure to tag me in the photo.

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    Easy Clam Chowder Recipe


    • Author: Jenna
    • Yield: 4 1x
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    Ingredients

    • 2 6.5oz cans minced clams
    • ½ cup minced onion 
    • ½ cup diced celery 
    • 1  cups cubed potatoes
    • ½ cup diced carrots 
    • 2 tablespoons butter 
    • ⅛th cup flour 
    • 2 cups of milk, 1 or 2% 
    • Black pepper and salt to taste

    Instructions

    1. Melt the butter in a stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, and carrots and continue cooking for 3 to 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent. 
    2. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and stir until lightly browned 1 minute. Pour in 2 cups of water. Add the potatoes a long with the canned clams and juices.  Bring to a low simmer and cook the potatoes until tender. 15 minutes. 
    3. Stir in milk until heated through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 
    4. Garnish with chopped bacon, cheese, scallions, or chives if desired.

    Notes

    my WW: blue 5; green 6; purple: 5

    Serving Size: 1 cup

    • Category: Easy
    • Method: Stovetop
    • Cuisine: American

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 cup

    Keywords: clam chowder

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