Easy Clam Chowder

Name: Easy Clam Chowder
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: New England
Ingredients: 4 slices, bacon, chopped fine; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 3 (8 ounce) bottles, clam juice; 2 cups, water; 1 1/2 pounds, russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 20 , saltines, crushed; 1 teaspoon, minced fresh thyme; 1 , bay leaf; 2 pounds chopped, clams, rinsed, drained, and chopped fine; 1 cup, heavy cream; , Salt and pepper

3 comments

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2011

We had no time to prepare clams in their shells, so how would we get good clam flavor?

SERVES6

TIME1 hour

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

If you’ve ever scrubbed, steamed, and shucked clams you know that it’s no quick process. And after all that work, the amount of actual clam meat is meager. For a chowder chock-full of clams, we’d have to rethink the process. We made a quick...

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