Clam Chowder Manhattan Style
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Chowders
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 8
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  4             ounces  salt pork or bacon -- cut in small strips
  2        tablespoons  flat-leaf (Italian) parsley -- finely chopped
     1/2      teaspoon  black pepper -- freshly ground
     1/2                bay leaf
  2               cups  celery -- minced
  1                cup  clams -- minced
  2            bottles  clams juice (8 ounces each bottle)
  1                can  Italian-style tomatoes (1 lb. 12 oz.) -- drained & chopped,
                        (save liquid)
  4               cups  potatoes -- finely diced
  8               cups  water
                        salt and pepper -- to taste
  2        tablespoons  butter
                        chopped parsley -- for garnish
 

Preparation:

In a heavy soup pot, cook salt pork with onions, parsley and black pepper until pork starts to render fat. Stir and cook 5 minutes. Add bay leaf, celery and green pepper, cook 15 minutes. Add juice from minced clams, 1 bottle clam juice, liquid from tomatoes, and water; simmer 25 minutes. Add clams, tomatoes and second bottle of clam juice; adjust seasoning to taste. Add butter, sprinkle top with parsley. Serve with crusty bread, garlic bread or oyster crackers.

 

Nutritional Information:

112 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (25% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 18mg Cholesterol; 84mg Sodium