How To Make Brothy Clams with Chorizo, Tomatoes, and Grilled Bread
Quick, easy, and yet extremely tasty, these brothy clams acquire a spicy and smoky flavor from the chorizo. The tomato keeps the broth hearty and filling.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Clams:
- 1tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- 1large yellow onion,chopped
- 4clovesgarlic,minced
- 2½ozSpanish chorizo,skin (casing) removed and cut into thin slices
- 2medium tomatoes,chopped
- ½tspdried crushed red pepper,optional
- 1cupdry white wine
- 1½cupswater
- 3½lbslittleneck clams
- 1tbspsalted butter
- ⅓cupparsley,roughly chopped
For Bread:
- 1loafcrusty bread,(such as sourdough levain, baguette, Italian, or ciabatta)
- olive oil
- salt
Instructions
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Throw out clams that are cracked or broken. If any clams are slightly open, tap them on the counter. If they don’t close, throw them out.
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Soak clams in cool, salted water covered with a dish towel for 30 minutes to purge them of sand. Rinse clams in the sink under cool water, rubbing off any dirt.
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Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven set over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until tender and translucent.
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Add the garlic and chorizo and sauté for a few minutes more to infuse the vegetables with smoky flavor. Add the tomatoes, crushed red pepper, white wine, and water, and raise the heat so the liquid boils gently.
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Cook a few minutes more to soften the tomatoes and allow the flavors to develop.
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Add the clams, cover with a lid, and simmer for about 10 minutes, until the clams open. Break the butter into pieces and add to the pan, stir, and scatter with parsley. Turn off the heat.
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While the clams cook, cut several thick slices of bread (one or two slices per person is a good place to start), brush lightly with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt.
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Toast on a hot grill or under a broiler. This should only take minute or two. When finished set aside to serve with clams.
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Spoon clams and broth in shallow bowls with a slice of bread on the side.
Nutrition
- Calories: 907.69kcal
- Fat: 30.71g
- Saturated Fat: 7.83g
- Trans Fat: 0.20g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 15.24g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.47g
- Carbohydrates: 70.09g
- Fiber: 5.50g
- Sugar: 9.54g
- Protein: 74.18g
- Cholesterol: 142.29mg
- Sodium: 3129.38mg
- Calcium: 320.27mg
- Potassium: 710.52mg
- Iron: 10.92mg
- Vitamin A: 433.05µg
- Vitamin C: 19.15mg
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