Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, new england clam chowder. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

New England Clam Chowder is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. 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 first prepare a few components. You can have new england clam chowder using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make New England Clam Chowder:

1. Take bacon
2. Get butter
3. Make ready celery chopped
4. Take leek fine chopped
5. Get onion finely chopped
6. Prepare garlic minced
7. Get small russet potatoes peeled and diced
8. Prepare chicken broth
9. Get 0z bottle clam juice
10. Take salt
11. Take fresh ground black pepper
12. Take fresh thyme chopped
13. Make ready flour
14. Prepare half & half
15. Prepare canned whole clams drained *give or take based on can
16. Make ready Bay
17. Prepare Chopped green onion or chives for garnish

Steps to make New England Clam Chowder:

1. In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. ** I baked mine on a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven until crispy and transferred drippings to pot
2. Remove bacon to paper towels to drain; set aside. Add butter to the drippings (you can spoon out some of the drippings if you don’t want to ues that much); saute celery, leek, and onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, broth, clam juice, salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into the soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
4. Stir in (drained) clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil); turn down to low heat; add the bay leaf. Cook for additional 2-3 minutes on low heat. Add in 5 strips of crumbled bacon.
5. Crumble the reserved strips of bacon. Garnish chowder with crumbled bacon and fresh chopped chives.

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