New England Clam Chowder with Oyster Crackers
- Serves
- 4 servings
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 35 min
- Cost
- $19.50
- Nutrition
- 610 cal · 32g protein
- one-pot
- comfort-food
🍳 1 pan · Picky-eater safe bet: plain potatoes · kept by 1 family
New England Clam Chowder with Oyster Crackers is a weeknight dinner that serves 4 and is on the table in about 50 minutes, for around $20 in groceries. You'll need 1 pan, and the 11 ingredients below are everyday supermarket items. Cooking for a picky eater? Plain potatoes works on its own for the one who won't try the rest. Add it to your week and the whole grocery list lands in your Instacart cart in one tap.
Goes with: Crusty bread (2 min)
Contains: Dairy · Gluten · Shellfish— based on the ingredients; brands vary, so check labels.
Cookware you'll need
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Ingredients
- 3 cans chopped clams (6.5 oz cans)
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 count yellow onion
- 2 count celery
- 1½ lb yukon gold potatoes
- 1 count bottled clam juice (8 oz)
- 1½ cups half-and-half
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 package oyster crackers
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
Steps
- Cook chopped bacon in a large pot over medium heat until crisp, about 6 minutes; scoop it out and leave the fat in the pot.
- Add diced onion and celery and cook 5 minutes until soft. Sprinkle in the flour and stir for 1 minute.
- Drain the clams, saving the liquid. Slowly whisk in the clam liquid and bottled clam juice, then add diced potatoes.
- Simmer, partly covered, for 15 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
- Stir in the half-and-half and clams and heat gently for 3-4 minutes without boiling so the clams stay tender. Season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle into bowls and top with the bacon and a handful of oyster crackers. Kids love crushing the crackers on top themselves.
- Picky eater? Let them have the potatoes, bacon and crackers plain, with the broth on the side.
- Make ahead: cook through step 4 up to 2 days ahead and chill. Reheat, then add the half-and-half and clams.
On the side: Crusty bread (2 min)
1 loaf crusty bread
- Warm the bread in a 350°F oven for 5 minutes, then slice.
Nutrition per serving
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbohydrates
- 54 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Saturated fat
- 12 g
- Sodium
- 1,850 mg
Estimated from the ingredients and amounts in this recipe; brands and portions vary. Not medical or dietary advice.
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