My Best Clam Chowder
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A delicious, traditional, cream based chowder, this recipe calls for the standard chowder ingredients: onion, celery, potatoes, diced carrots, clams, and cream. A little red wine vinegar is added before serving for extra flavor.
Servings per recipe: 8
Calories per serving: 501
Preparation time: 25m
Total cooking time: 50m
Ingredients:
- 3 (6.5 ounce) cans minced clams
- 1 cup minced onion
- 1 cup diced celery
- 2 cups cubed potatoes
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 quart half-and-half cream
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Directions:
- 1 Drain juice from clams into a large skillet over the onions, celery, potatoes and carrots. Add water to cover, and cook over medium heat until tender.
- 2 Meanwhile, in a large, heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour until smooth. Whisk in cream and stir constantly until thick and smooth. Stir in vegetables and clam juice. Heat through, but do not boil.
- 3 Stir in clams just before serving. If they cook too much they get tough. When clams are heated through, stir in vinegar, and season with salt and pepper.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 32.7g | 50% |
| Saturated Fat | 20.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 137mg | 46% |
| Sodium | 712mg | 28% |
| Potassium | 892mg | 25% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 28.4g | 9% |
| Dietary Fiber | 2.2g | 9% |
| Protein | 23.9g | 48% |
| Sugars | 2g | |
| Vitamin A | 4116IU | |
| Vitamin C | 27mg | |
| Calcium | 218mg | |
| Iron | 20mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 8mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 42mg | |
| Folate | 64mcg |
