Cindy's Awesome Clam Chowder

Name: Cindy's Awesome Clam Chowder
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces; 2 carrots, diced; 369 grams chopped clams with juice; 946 milliliters half-and-half; 102 grams packages dry leek soup mix; 5 unpeeled potatoes, diced; 6 servings salt and pepper to taste

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Cindy's Awesome Clam Chowder a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 532 calories, 17g of protein, and 34g of fat each. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a fodmap friendly diet. If you have salt and pepper, carrots, leek soup mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the potatoes you could follow this main course with the Sweet Potatoes Scones as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes.

Instructions

Place the bacon in a large pot and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisped and browned, about 10 minutes.

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Bacon

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Pot

Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon, leaving the drippings in the pot. Set the bacon aside. Stir the potatoes and carrots into the bacon fat. Season with salt and pepper, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

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Salt And Pepper

Bacon

Potato

Carrot

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Pour the juice from the clams into the pot, and add enough water to just cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the potatoes are just tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

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Potato

Clams

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Water

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Gently stir the leek soup mix into the potatoes until no lumps of soup remain. Stir in the clams, reserved bacon, and half-and-half cream. Cook and stir until the chowder returns to a simmer and thickens, about 10 minutes more.

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Potato

Soup

Bacon

Clams

Cream

Leek

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Slotted Spoon

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Servings:

227grams

bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces 2

carrots, diced 369grams

chopped clams with juice 946milliliters

half-and-half 102grams

packages dry leek soup mix 5

unpeeled potatoes, diced 6servings

salt and pepper to taste

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Clams works really well with Chardonnay, Muscadet, and Riesling. Buttery chardonnay is great for scallops, shrimp, crab, and lobster, while muscadet is a classic pick for mussels, oysters, and clams. If you've got some spice in your shellfish, a semi-dry riesling can balance out the heat. You could try Santan Ema Reserve Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.