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I followed this recipe and let me tell you. It was the best clam chowder I ever tasted in my life. My sister was the second to try it and she said the same exact thing. Best she ever tasted.
I just added a few spices at the end. Prezzemolo, peperoncino, aglio.
I was gonna add about 1/4 cup of corn but decided against it.
Overall, best recipe going for chowder.
Breaking all the rules just means that you're doing it wrong
Besides saying she chopped the onions did she mention how much ?
Great recipe!!! I think it stinks that you dont make it easy to print the recipe
Delicious, I had to control my urge to ad bacon.I did add a little fresh parsley and green onions at the end😊
The sexual tension between these two is amazing.
I have had clam chowder many times in restaurants and it never has that many clams in it
This does look amazing. I would want mine thicker so I would probably add more potato flakes and of course some crushed red pepper in my mug.
Great idea to powdered potato as a thickener!
Thank you for sharing.
I'm lazy. I just drove to Woodman's in Essex.
So glad I came upon this and it’s so simple to make. I have never made clam chowder before and now this will be my first time doing this. Thanks for the great recipe!!!
Add vinegar to the water when boiling the potatoes. It prevents the potatoes from over cooking. Gives them a really nice texture.
Nope! Where are the aromatics ' the veggies?
I sure would like to get the recipe but don't want to have to buy an annual membership to get an occasional recipe after paying my yearly membership to public TV.
I love New England Clam chowder (Clam Shack's take on Woodman's Chowder.) My 77 yr old boyfriend made this for me for dinner one night, and I was delighted. I'm from Boston and have had NE Clam Chowder from many wonderful restaurants all along the coast. This recipe holds its own with blue ribbon performance. Thank you for sharing. I'm sharing it with my family for the holiday weekend!
Everything about this recipe upsets me.
The onions don’t get sautéed first? Is the boiling it with potatoes enough? Maybe I missed something but it sure looks like she just added raw onions.
I grew up in an apartment complex near there. Well, the first 2 or 3 years of my life. Anyway, my parents used to go there right around closing time and they would always give my parents a whole bunch of stuff That they were going to throw out.
What’s the best brand for canned clams? Thanks
Way too much work. I can make an awesome chowder in less than an hour
My favorite yum
Several years ago my girlfriend, now wife decided to take a trip and drive up the coast from PA and attempt to make it to Maine, we both love clam chowder so once we got to I think CT we decided we would stop at every bar diner or restaurant we passed and grab a beer and a cup of chowder, we never made it to Maine but we stayed a couple extra days in little towns that we liked but we both agreed the best was a little bar in Warwick RI, can’t remember the name but it was on a dock right on the water and it was the best clam chowder I’ve ever had, wish I could remember the name of the place, just a little dockside bar but it was really good
This one looks great, and thankfully there's actually clams in it. Most of these white, pasty, flour-filled, bland things you get commercially are bad enough, but it gets worse because you normally find less than a handful of actual claims in the stuff be it cup or bowl. I'm loving the patience factor with this one.
I cant access the recipe
Not too snooty to appreciate what you’ve done here, thanks!
Will make this for a fish fry.
Looks delicious 😋
You lost me with the dehydrated potatoes…
crispy bacon bits too
Using can can claims has 23% to 33% sodium and salt is already in the can claims.
I will use fresh claims. Then you add 1 tasp salt substitute 1 is salt and then add pepper
My potato were done. could not cook them any longer. Had fresh clam water.
Started with that chop all my clams. them added my potatoes.
Let simmer on very low heat
Come on Girls, you're in New England, it is NOT clam chowder, it is CLAM CHOWDA!
Just put all these ingredients on my Walmart shopping app. 😉 12 bucks not including potato, onion and milk because I almost always have those.
I too have always loved the clam chowder at Woodman’s in Essex (luv the fried clams too !
Captain Parker’s Pub in Yarmouth on Cape Cod is excellent as well … many other places on Cape Cod also serve delicious chowdah
I'm not into clams so I use chunks of canned white albacore tuna — & it's really good!! Cleaned canned salmon in chunks also works really well too. You just hv to stir gently so as to not break up the fish chunks!! I may also try to add 1" squares or so sometime, cut out of sole fillets. Or try haddock or halibut; they should work too. I like a thick creamy rich soup, myself, no doubt from living up in the great white north, home of the brave & land of the free!! Along with thick slices of some great crusty French or Italian loaf bread, & real butter. Mmmmmmmm…..!!!
This site is a rip-off. There are 1000s of free recipes. I would not bother. Not sure why I wasted my time watching this video.
Junk
Too much shimmy sham. Make it simple.
Love woodmans, I live the town over. The whole town and mine are surrounded by the ocean
That’s a whole lot of salt, I’ve never had Clam Chowder so I don’t know if that’s normal or not but my Kidneys hurt. Maybe I’ll have to try this recipe myself but a little less sodium