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I took a trip to Boston, and one of my favorite things was the clam chowder; I think I ordered it at every single restaurant I went to. Here is my take on trying to make the taste as good as possible based on what I tried all over the north end of Boston. I don’t know exactly what they put in it, but here’s my best effort but I will tell you it was absolutely delicious regardless! I hope you love it here’s the recipe:
In a large stockpot fry four pieces of bacon until they’re nice and crispy then remove and set aside. Leave the bacon fat in the pot and add 2 tablespoons of butter.
In the same pot sauté 1 chopped onion, 67 cloves of minced garlic, and 3 stalks of chopped celery. Sauté until a little bit golden then add salt& pepper and 1 tsp of dried thyme.
Add 4 tbsp of all purpose flour & whisk at least 2 minutes. Non stop.
Add 1 & 1/2 cups of vegetable stock & 1 cup of milk. Whisk some more!
Add a bay leaf and 23 oz of clam juice, and 2 peeled diced potatoes. Boil about 1012 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
Add 1 cup of half & half. And simmer for a few more minutes.
Then drain 2 cans of chopped clams (6.5 oz cans) and keep the juice.
Add the clams at the end of cooking time because they get tough very easily. So only about 23 minutes of cooking in the soup. Then add about 3 oz or so of the reserved clam juice from the cans. Taste and add more clam juice to suit your taste. Add more salt and pepper if needed! Serve topped with fresh parsley and crumbled bacon. We absolutely loved this soup! I hope you do too! Love you! #makeit #ClamChowder #FallSoups #fallrecipes #soup @publix