Monday, September 19, 2011

Boston Bruins Clam Chowder

OK, so I've never been to Boston before.  But I'd love to.  Boston is home to the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, the Boston Bruins!  Boston is the most Irish city in America.  The Dropkick Murphys love Boston.  I have my brother to thank for my love of Boston and really just the whole Irish culture.  I may have never discovered what we were all about if it wasn't for him.  So Matt, thank you!

My friend, John Keel, and I have made clam chowders before that were delicious.  I don't remember the recipe exactly.  I did some searching on the net for recipes that looked similar.  I found one that was pretty close to what we had made.  It is Emeril's Boston Clam Chowder.  I tweaked a few things here and there according to what I had on hand.  Here is what happened:

Boston Clam Chowder
6 slices thick bacon, medium sliced
1 onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tbs butter
1/4 ts poultry seasoning
1/4 ts Italian seasoning
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper
3 tbs flour
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 bottles clam juice
5 cans chopped clams, drained with juice reserved
1 cup whole milk
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 ts dried parsley
Sharp cheddar cheese
Croutons
  • Render bacon in large pot on medium heat, until crispy.  Add butter.  Stir in onion, celery, and garlic.  Cook for about 5 minutes or until tender.  Add the poultry seasoning, Italian seasoning, and bay leaf.  Stir in flour and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Add the potatoes and all clam juice.  Bring to a boil.  Turn down heat and simmer until potatoes are almost tender.
  • Add milk and heavy whipping cream and bring to a simmer.  Add the clams and cook for about 2 minutes.  Stir in the parsley.  Season with salt and pepper is desired.
  • Spoon into bowl and top with cheese and croutons if desired.
This wasn't as thick as I was hoping it would have been.  It was more of a soupy consistency.  Next time I will probably omit the milk or even one bottle of clam juice.  Perhaps more flour is called for...however the flavor was amazing!  I will be making this again as soon as we get some more cold weather!

20 comments:

  1. Having grown up on the west coast, I'm very picky about clam chowder and yours looks DELICIOUS! As soon as I saw bacon I think I was already hooked!

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  2. i'm allergic to clams, but WOW this sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. If only I could get Eva to like clam chowder...this looks awesome!

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  4. I just love a good chowder! I had my first one in Cali and it came from the wholesale store Cosco or something. It was seriously good my sister in law has to get it every time I’m back there.
    Can’t wait to give yours a go, it looks wonderful.

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  5. I never used to like clam chowder until I went to Boston actually. Yours looks delicious!

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  6. Oh yummy I love clam chowder! Wonderful recipe and mouthwatering photo, thanks for sharing! =]

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  7. Ooh...I love clam chowder. Yum!


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  8. This is a cool theme and you have started you NHL posts with a good one. Chowder is a favorite around this house and this really looks like something I want on my table. Glad you posted this classic!

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  9. I've been to Boston before and it's such a fantastic city, even though it does have the Bruins (I'm from Chicago, sorry). I was drooling at that chowder. It looks delicious. Best chowder I had while I was there was at the No Name Restaurant. That and Legal Seafood's. I can only imagine how good yours smelled while cooking!

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