Name: Manhattan Clam Chowder
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 quart clams (quahog clams ideally, or 2 1/2 cups canned minced clams); 3 cups water (or mix of clam juice and water); 3 slices bacon ( or 2" piece of salt pork); 1 onion (large); 3 tablespoons flour; 2 cups potatoes (peeled and diced); 3 cups tomatoes (cooked or canned); 1/2 cup green pepper (diced, optional); 1/2 bay leaf (optional); 1/4 cup catsup (optional); 3 tablespoons butter; oyster crackers or saltines

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How is a Manhattan clam chowder different from a regular chowder?

A clam chowder recipe is usually made with creamy and has that lovely white creamy look and taste.

The Manhattan version is made without cream, using tomatoes to flavor the broth. Both are amazingly good. See which you prefer.

Manhattan Clam Chowder

Manhattan clam chowder is made without cream, using tomatoes to flavor the broth. It's very, very good too.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Servings Servings

Calories 102 kcal

Ingredients

1 quart clams, quahog clams ideally, or 2 1/2 cups canned minced clams
3 cups water, or mix of clam juice and water
3 slices bacon, or 2" piece of salt pork
1 onion, large
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
3 cups tomatoes, cooked or canned
1/2 cup green pepper, diced, optional
1/2 bay leaf, optional
1/4 cup catsup, optional
3 tablespoons butter
oyster crackers or saltines

Instructions

If using fresh clams, wash them in 3 cups water then drain them through a cheesecloth. Reserve the liquid. Cut the hard part of the clams from the soft part. Finely chop the hard part of the clams, the salt pork (or bacon) and onion. If using canned clams, strain the juice. Add water to make 3 cups of liquid. Use this liquid in place of the water measurement given above.
Sauté the salt pork very slowly. Remove and reserve the scraps. Add the minced onions and hard part of the clams to the pan, leaving the pork fat in the pan. Stir and cook slowly for 5 minutes. Sift the flour over them and stir until blended. Heat and stir in the reserved liquid.
Add the potatoes, tomatoes, green pepper, bay leaf and catsup. Cover the pan and simmer the chowder until the potatoes are done, but still firm. Add the pork scraps, the soft part of the clams and the butter. Simmer for 3 minutes and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve with oyster crackers or saltines.
Makes 8 cups.

Nutrition

Calories: 102kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 5gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 197mgPotassium: 455mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 633IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg

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