Clam chowder

Make Clam chowder at home

Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 cups clam juice
• 3 medium potatoes, diced
• 2 cans (6.5 oz) chopped clams with juice
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half or cream
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• Salt, pepper and oyster crackers

How it's made

1. Cook the bacon in a pot until crisp; remove and leave the fat.
2. Soften the onion and celery in the bacon fat for 5 minutes.
3. Sprinkle in the flour and stir 1 minute.
4. Add clam juice, juice from the canned clams, potatoes, bay leaf and thyme; simmer 15 minutes until potatoes are tender.
5. Stir in the clams and cream and warm through gently without boiling.
6. Season with salt and pepper and top with bacon and crackers.