aunt pat's clam chowder
(2 ratings)
This is my Aunt Pat's recipe for a tomato-based clam chowder. It is THE BEST! They live on the eastern shore of Maryland and collect & shuck their own clams and grow their own herbs, so this recipe is at its absolute best as written, but dried herbs and pre-shucked clams can be used as well. Whenever her and my uncle come to visit family they make it for us. When my grandmother was very ill this is the only thing she wanted to eat. I finally remembered to ask my mom to get the recipe while they were visiting her this time! Yay!
(2 ratings)
prep time
30 Min
cook time
2 Hr
Ingredients For aunt pat's clam chowder
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1 cdiced celery
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1 cdiced onion
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4 mdpotatoes
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4 cdiced tomatoes (or 1 quart canned)
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18-24whole fresh clams (between 1 pint and 1 quart after shucking)
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1/2 cchopped cabbage (optional)
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1-2 Tbspchopped fresh parsley
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1-2 Tbspchopped fresh lemon thyme (thyme is acceptable if you don't have any)
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5-6 slicebacon, cooked with a few tablespoons of grease reserved to the side
How To Make aunt pat's clam chowder
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1Thoroughly cook the bacon and set aside. Leave several Tbsp of bacon grease in the pan and saute the celery and onions in it. Dice potatoes and put in a pot. Pour diced tomatoes and their juices over and and just enough water to cover.
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2Coarsely chop or pulse in a food processor the clams a few at a time. **Reserve any liquid from the clams and set aside**
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3Add the sauteed celery and onions to the pot, then add the clams and cabbage.
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4Finely dice the fresh parsley and remove the thyme from the stems. Add to the pot. Simmer on very low heat until the potatoes are tender.
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5Right before serving crumble the bacon over the top.
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6DO NOT ADD SALT to this recipe. Taste as you cook, if you feel it needs salt, add a little bit of the reserved clam juice instead and a little black pepper to taste. The clam juice can easily over-salt a dish so only add small amounts at a time.
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