This dish is really good! For round fruit pies, I also use this crust recipe.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 cups |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 4 ribs celery, diced
- ½ (16 ounce) package baby carrots, diced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil, or to taste
- 1 clove garlic, minced, or more to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 3 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
- 4 (6.5 ounce) cans minced clams, undrained
- 2 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can whole potatoes, drained and diced
- 1 dash Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, carrots, basil, garlic, and black pepper until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer 1/2 of the vegetable mixture to a food processor.
- Stir 2 cans stewed tomatoes into the pot. Drain the remaining can of stewed tomatoes and add to the food processor. Blend vegetable-tomato mixture until smooth. Stir pureed mixture into pot with vegetables.
- Mix clams, clam juice, and potatoes into the pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup until heated through, 15 to 20 minutes. Season soup with Worcestershire sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 244 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 720 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I would not use stewed tomatoes- too sweet. Canned whole tomatoes instead. I cook my own potatoes. More garlic. I also don’t use bottled clam juice, but I do add a cup of dry white wine. If more liquid seems necessary, I will just add some water. Also, we all like some ‘heat’- red chili flakes or bottled hot sauce. And we call this clam soup. It isn’t chowder! (but not bad)
This is delicious, simple to make chowder. I’m always been a New England Clam Chowder person (and, boy, do I still love that too) but after trying this recipe, I find myself craving this kind frequently as well. I follow the directions pretty closely, except I usually don’t bother with the food processor step and I always use several chopped red potatoes I boil ahead myself instead of canned potato. This is a really tasty soup. Try it!
It was very easy to make!
DELICIOUS. I tweaked and modified a few things based upon what I had on hand, and truth be told, I am also not good at strictly following recipes. One 28-oz can San Marzano tomatoes plus 1/2 a 28-oz can of whole plum tomatoes…two cloves minced garlic, used generous amounts of dried basil and dried parsley, two dried bay leaves, added a gob of butter once done simmering and then some additional salt (I’m a salt-o-holic). I wasn’t in a rush so this had a good
Very simple easy and tasty. Worth a try.
Needed more seasoning.
Ok so good recipe….I didn’t blend veggies,but enjoyed them soft…added an additional 5 cans of clams on top off the 2….so unless u get the ones in the tall can…the put off for actually yields 5/6 ppl…i also added salt and garlic powder!!!
Love it, Its my rainy day go to meal..!
I doubled the recipe because I was sharing with a friend who is going through chemo. We substituted a leek for the celery because it was on hand. I added the juice from the clams with the other liquids and simmered for 10 minutes and then added the 9 cans of clams plus half a pound of shrimp and half a pound of Tilapia to make it more of a seafood chowder. I simmered for 10 more minutes. I added Cajun seasoning at the end to taste for a little kick. Excellent.
I used 1/2 teaspoon of dried basil in place of the fresh and I thought it gave it too much flavor of the basil. I wish I would have left it out, altogether. I made this on a Friday for a Sunday church luncheon, so I did not add the potatoes until Saturday evening , as I didn’t want too much of the soup broth absorbed by the potatoes. I used 4 cans of minced clams and 3 large stalks of celery. Otherwise I followed the recipe but I am not sure I would make it again. This is my first attempt at making manhattan clam chowder from scratch, but I don’t know if I would use this recipe again. Perhaps it is better with the fresh basil and next time, I will be sure to get it, if I do make it.
The family said this is one of the top 3 soups I’ve ever made. I would agree as I’m very picky about good soups. Mhattan style is sooo much flavorful vs. New England style…ridiculous I waited this long to make it. We added another can of clams as you can never overdo clams. Added Chipotle Pepper (1/2 teaspoon) & Old Bay (1.5 tbl spoons) to our desired taste. Asking for only 1 tablespoon of olive oil didn’t work well…carrots took forever to soften. Next time will add more or goto butter. Also added 5-6 dashes of Worcester. Will make a double batch next time.
I made this up the other night. Not having a food processor I used a whisk to finely chop up the stewed tomatoes and the soup came restaurant quality! Lot of work but well worth the effort!
I didn’t put the full 1/2 of the vegetables in the food processor, just about a quarter. I recommend you cut up the stewed tomatoes before adding. I also added an additional can of chopped clams and a can of diced regular tomatoes. It is very good and easy when you want a quick satisfying soup. I will make it again.
Made this for lunch today. My whole family loved it!
the only change I made was out of necessity. I misread the recipe and only bought one can of stewed tomatoes…so I used a large can of crushed tomatoes to even things up and added some extra salt and peppers. It came out delicious! Will definitely make again! My husband loved it.
My husband had been craving Manhattan clam chowder and absolutely loved this recipe…no changes. Perfect on this chilly Vermont fall day!
Everyone loves it! Served with warm bread. Yum!
I skipped the food processing and added some garden tomatoes. I had 12 oz of salt pork I was going to use for a New England Clam Chowder so I used it in this recipe. Great ingredients and directions. Tasty chowder !!!
This was exactly what I was looking for on a cold wintery day. Prep was straightforward and the end result was excellent. The soup was delicious with plenty of goodness in every spoonful!