Slow Cooker New England Clam Chowder Food

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and celery and saute until softened, mixing often. Stir in the flour to distribute evenly. Add the stock, juice from 2 cans of chopped clams (reserve clams), cream, bay leaves, and potatoes and stir to combine. Bring to a simmer, stirring consistently (the mixture will thicken), then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook 20 minutes, stirring often, until the potatoes are nice and tender. Then add clams and season to taste with salt and pepper, cook until clams are just firm, another 2 minutes.;
• Melt the butter in a large skillet and toss the bread cubes in the butter until browned and toasted, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add parsley and season with salt and pepper.;

SLOW COOKER NEW ENGLAND CLAM AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• Add vegetables, seasonings, clams and all clam juice to the slow cooker. Cover and begin cooking on high for 4 hours or low for 8.
• Cook and chop bacon, reserving ¼ cup as optional toppings. Add remaining bacon and optional bacon grase to slow cooker. Stir and replace cover.
• After 4-8 hours, whisk together cornstarch and heavy cream until smooth. Add to slow cooker, stir gently. Cover and cook for an additional 30 minutes.
• Serve hot.

SLOW COOKER NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Prepare onion, celery and garlic. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add vegetables, cooking over medium heat until onion is translucent. Add garlic and, thyme and optional red pepper flakes, cooking for an additional 1-2 minutes or until fragrant. Transfer to the bowl of a 6 quart slow cooker.
• Peel and chop potatoes into small bite sized pieces. Add to the slow cooker along with clams, juice and seasonings. Stir to combine. Cover and begin cooking on high for 5 hours or low for 10.
• Meanwhile, cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat. Remove 1/2 Tb bacon grease, transfering to the slow cooker, if desired. Chop bacon, reserving a small portion for topping chowder later. Toss remaining larger portion of chopped bacon to the slow cooker. Return lid and continue to cook.
• When 30 minutes remain in the cook time, add flour to half & half, whisking well until smooth. Add to the slow cooker, stirring wel lto combine. Replace lid and continue to cook until thickened.
• Divide among bowls serving warm and sprinkling with bacon.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Rinse the clams several times under cold running water. Transfer to a large pot and add 3 cups water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, then cover and cook until the clams open, about 6 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl; reserve the broth. Transfer the clams to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap so they don't dry out.
• Cook the bacon in a large pot over medium heat until crisp, about 10 minutes; remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Melt the butter in the same pot over medium heat. Add the celery, onion and thyme and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in the reserved clam broth, 1 1/2 cups water and the potato. Bring to a simmer and cook until the potato is tender and the soup thickens slightly, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove the clams from their shells and roughly chop.
• Reduce the heat under the soup to medium low. Whisk in the half-and-half and warm through (do not boil). Remove from the heat. Stir in the chopped clams; season with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the reserved bacon and chives.

SLOW COOKER CLAM CHOWDER (NEW ENGLAND STYLE)

Steps:

• Drain clam liquid into slow cooker; set aside whole clams. Add water, clam juice, potatoes, Worcestershire sauce, bacon, vegetables, salt, pepper and bay leaf.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or until potatoes are cooked. Remove bay leaf and discard.
• In a bowl combine flour and half cup of evaporated milk; mix well to dissolve lumps. Add to slow cooker along with reserved whole clams, green pepper an remaining milk. Stir, cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.

NEW! NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the Canadian bacon and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a plate.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, the onion, celery, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper to the pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened, about 6 minutes. Add the garlic and thyme and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more. Add 1 1/2 cups water, the reserved clam juice (about 1 1/2 cups), the potatoes and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Partially cover the pot and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
• Whisk the milk, cream and flour in a bowl until the flour is dissolved. Slowly add the mixture to the pot, stirring constantly. While stirring, bring the soup to a simmer (do not boil). Reduce the heat to medium low and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 8 minutes. Add the clams and simmer 2 minutes more. Discard the bay leaf. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Right before serving, stir in the bacon. Serve with the hot sauce.
• Per serving: Calories 312; Fat 8g (Saturated 2g); Cholesterol 66mg; Sodium 510mg; Carbohydrate 33g; Fiber 3g; Protein 27g

EASY NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a 3 quart saucepan, brown bacon over medium heat (do not drain drippings).
• Add potato and onion and saute for about 7 minutes.
• Drain the minced clams and reserve the liquid.
• Add clam juice and reserved clam liquid to mixture in saucepan.
• Cover and simmer 15 minutes or until potato is tender.
• Stir in cream and clams and bring to a slow simmer.
• DO NOT BOIL.
• Serve with crackers.

NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD CHOWDER (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Place leeks, potatoes and corn in a 3 1/2 qt or larger slow-cooker. Add soup, water, bay leaf, thyme and cayenne; mix gently.
• Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours until potatoes are tender.
• Add seafood about 15 minutes before serving; heat until fish is just cooked through.
• Stir in milk; remove bay leaf and remove from heat.
• Serve in bowls with crumbled bacon over top.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large steamer pot add your cleaned clams - with 1 cup of white wine and 2 tsps crushed garlic. Steam until clams are fully opened.
• Remove clams from the pot and set aside to cool.
• Reserve all liquids from the clam steam (this is the clam liquor - add bottled clam juice to equal 12 cups).
• In a 6 qt or larger pot add 1 tbsp olive oil, over medium high heat, add onions, celery, garlic and potatoes. Cook for approximately 5 minutes or until onions are clear.
• Add clam liquor and cook till potatoes are tender.
• In a small pot melt butter add flour, salt and pepper cook for two minutes slowly add several ladles of the clam juice from the soup pot to the rue and cook till it begins to thicken, remember to stir constantly while thickening or you will burn your rue. Return the rue to the soup pot and allow the two to come together. Add cream and cook for 10 minutes.
• The last touch is to add your chopped clams - I add them last so they don't turn to rubber. Serve with a nice crusty bread.

NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter and bacon fat in large pot.
• Sautee onion, celery garlic (and 1/2 cup shredded carrots, if using) until tender.
• Add seasonings (parsley, Tabasco, celery salt, thyme & bay).
• Add flour and instant mash potatoes.
• Turn off flame and stir until flour is no longer visible.
• Add the clam juice and stir.
• Turn flame back on to high and continue stirring (constantly) to avoid sticking.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add potatoes and stir.
• Cook for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Add clams.
• Stir.
• Add cream.
• Stir.
• Simmer for 1/2 hour.
• Add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve garnished with fresh parsley and enjoy!

SLOW COOKER NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER RECIPE

Steps:

• Add clams and juice to slow cooker.
• Add cream of mushroom soup, potatoes, celery, garlic, onion, bacon, basil, thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper to slow cooker.
• Mix thoroughly until combined.
• Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.
• Add half and half and cook on high for one additional hour.
• Remove bay leaf before serving.

THICK AND CREAMY NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Add bacon to sauce pan and cook on medium low heat until crispy.
• Add onion and cook until translucent.
• Add clam juice from both cans.
• Add potatoes.
• Cook and cover until potatoes are fork tender, about 15-20 minutes.
• Stir occasionally so potatoes won't stick.
• Add clams, soup, cream, milk, and dill weed.
• Stir together.
• Add butter and let melt into the chowder.
• Cook for about 30-45 minutes or until thickened.
• Stir occasionally.