Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, new england clam chowder. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

New England Clam Chowder is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. New England Clam Chowder is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook 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 10 strips bacon
2. Make ready 2 tablespoon butter
3. Make ready 2 stalks celery chopped
4. Prepare 1 leek fine chopped
5. Make ready 1 onion finely chopped
6. Prepare 3 cloves garlic minced
7. Take 4 small russet potatoes peeled and diced
8. Get 1 cup chicken broth
9. Prepare 8 0z bottle clam juice
10. Get 1 teaspoon salt
11. Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon fresh thyme chopped
13. Take 1/3 cup flour
14. Take 2 cups half & half
15. Take 20 oz canned whole clams drained *give or take based on can
16. Make ready leaf 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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