Recipe Details

Cindy's Awesome Clam Chowder

Try this quick and easy clam chowder recipe filled with clams, potatoes, and bacon. It's wonderful with sourdough bread or served in a bread bowl.

Makes:6 servings

Ingredients

½ pound bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
5 medium unpeeled potatoes, diced
2 medium carrots, diced
salt and pepper to taste
2 (6.5 ounce) cans chopped clams, drained with juice reserved
2 cups water, or as needed
2 (1.8 ounce) packages dry leek soup mix
1 quart half-and-half

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Directions

Prep:15 mCook:40 mReady:55 m

Cook bacon in a large pot over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until crisped and browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate. Leave drippings in the pot.
Place potatoes and carrots into the pot and season with salt and pepper; cook in bacon drippings, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes.
Pour clam juice into the pot, add enough water to just cover potatoes, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until potatoes are just tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
Add leek soup mix and gently stir until no lumps remain. Stir in clams, half-and-half, and reserved bacon. Cook and stir until chowder returns to a simmer and thickens, about 10 minutes more.