Oregon Clam Chowder Recipes

CONTEST-WINNING NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; set aside. Saute celery and onion in the drippings until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the potatoes, water, clam juice, bouillon, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes., In a small bowl, combine flour and 1 cup half-and-half until smooth. Gradually stir into soup. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes., Stir in clams and remaining half-and-half; heat through (do not boil). Crumble the cooked bacon; sprinkle over each serving.

MO'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large pot, sauté the bacon slices until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove them from the pan.
• In the bacon grease, sauté the onions with a pinch of salt and cook them for about 5 minutes.
• Add the potatoes to the onions as well as the flour and stir the flour well. Cook the potatoes for about 10-12 minutes and the potatoes start to soften. Season the potatoes with salt, pepper, lemon pepper, and parsley. You may crumble the cooked bacon and return them back to the pan if desired, but Mo's doesn't keep them in their soup, just as a flavoring. I personally add them as not to waste them!
• Pour in the milk and the water and clams with juice, and cook to a boil. Turn the stove down to med heat and cover with a lid. Continue to cook for about 15 minutes and the potatoes are tender.
• Pour the soup into individual bowls and serve with a dollop of butter and a sprinkle of paprika.

NEWPORT CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large kettle or stock pot over medium heat. Add onions and saute until clear. Stir in flour and cook over low heat, stirring frequently, for 2 to 4 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• In a separate pot, bring clams and clam juice to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• In a small saucepan, cover peeled potatoes with water. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Slowly pour hot clam stock into butter/flour mixture while stirring constantly. Continue stirring and slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add cooked potatoes. Mix in half and half, salt and pepper and chopped dill. Heat through but do not boil.

OREGON CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, fry bacon until crispy.
• Once cooked, remove but keep the grease.
• Fry the onions, garlic and celery until soft in bacon grease. Set aside.
• In a large pot of boiling water, boil the potatoes until just soft.
• Drain and set aside.
• In the pot and on low heat, melt butter and add the flour to create a roux.
• Once flour/butter has thickened add clam juice.
• Cook for 5 minutes, then add the bacon, onions, garlic and celery to the pot.
• Pour the half and half and the potatoes into the pot and cook for another 15 minutes.
• Once done cooking, add the clams, remove the pot from heat and cover.
• Allow to sit with the lid secure for 15 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!

MO'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Saute bacon and ham together, add onions and saute until limp. Set this mixture aside, but do not drain. In 5 cups of water, add potatoes, salt, pepper and all the clam juice. Cook until potatoes are tender. Set aside and do not drain.
• To the bacon, ham and onion mixture add the flour and make a roux. Mix the roux into the potato mixture, bring to a boil. Stir down when the boiling point is reached and add the milk and clams. Garnish with a dollop of butter and add a dash of paprika.

OREGON COAST CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Clean the clams and place them in a large pot along with the garlic and water.
• Steam the clams just until opened, about 6 to 10 minutes, depending upon their size.
• Drain and shell the clams, reserving the broth.
• Mince the clam flesh, and set aside.
• Filter the clam broth either through coffee filters or cheesecloth and set aside.
• In a large, heavy pot slowly cook the bacon.
• Remove from the grease and set them aside.
• Slowly cook the onions in the grease for about 6 minutes, stirring frequently, or until cooked through but not browned.
• Stir in the flour and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.
• Add the reserved clam broth and the fish stock, and whisk to remove any flour lumps.
• Bring the liquid to a boil, add the potatoes, lower the heat, and simmer until the potatoes are cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in the reserved clams and light cream.
• Heat the chowder until it is the temperature you like.
• Serve in large soup bowls with oyster crackers on the side.

NOVELLI'S CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Combine the clam juice, clam base, Chardonnay, potatoes, onions, butter, Italian seasoning, pepper and 1 cup water in a pot. Cook over medium-high until the potatoes soften. Add the crabmeat (or clams if crab is unavailable).
• Meanwhile, heat the half-and-half in a pot over medium-high heat (do not boil); whisk in the cornstarch. Cook, whisking, until heated through and thickened.
• Add the thickened half-and-half mixture to the chowder. Serve right away.