Name: Slow Cooker Clam Chowder Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 7 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ½ lb Bacon; 6.5 oz clams; 1 yellow onion; 4 yukon potatoes; 2 stalks celery; 2 cloves garlic; 2 cups water; 1 tsp kosher salt; ¼ tsp coarse ground black pepper; ½ tsp dried thyme; 2 cups half and half; 2 tsp cornstarch

Slow Cooker Clam Chowder Recipe

How To Make Slow Cooker Clam Chowder

Make this clam chowder recipe for your creamy seafood fix. It’s thick and the natural saltiness from the clam provides the flavor for this gourmet dish.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 7 hours 30 minutes

Total: 8 hours

Serves:

Ingredients

½lbbacon,diced
6.5ozclams
1yellow onion,chopped
4yukon potatoes,peeled and diced
2stalkscelery,diced
2clovesgarlic,minced
2cupswater
1tspkosher salt
¼tspcoarse ground black pepper
½tspdried thyme
2cupshalf and half
2tspcornstarch

Instructions

In a large cast iron skillet on medium high heat cook the bacon until crisp, then remove from the pan.
Add half of the bacon, clams, onion, potatoes, celery, garlic, water, Kosher salt, black pepper, and thyme into the slow cooker and stir.
Cook on Low for 7 hours and refrigerate the remaining bacon for serving with the soup.
In a measuring cup add the half and half with the cornstarch and whisk together.
Add in the half and half mixture to the slow cooker and stir.
Cook on High for 30 minutes.
Serve with the remainder of the bacon sprinkled over the top