Clams and Chourico
From pamela 17 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Here's a meal full of flavor. Clams steamed in beer, along with chourico sausage and onions. A delicious, and quite filling dish.
Ingredients
- 8 oz Chourico sausage, chopped shopping list
- 24 small clams, in the shell, scrubbed shopping list
- 1 medium red onion, cut into slices shopping list
- 1 (28 oz) can crushed roma tomatoes shopping list
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes (this is optional) shopping list
- 1 (8 oz) bottle clam juice shopping list
- 1 (12 fl. oz) can or bottle of dark beer shopping list
- 1/4 cup olive oil shopping list
- 1/4 cup cornmeal shopping list
- 3 tbsp fresh oregano, chopped shopping list
- 3 garlic cloves, finely diced shopping list
- 1 pinch salt and pepper, to taste shopping list
How to make it
- In a large pot, add clams and cover with water. Mix in the cornmeal, and allow to stand for around 20 minutes. Rinse the clams thoroughly prior to cooking.
- In a large pot, heat the olive oil and garlic over medium heat. When you can smell the garlic add the sausage, onion, and pepper flakes. Now, cook for 2-3 minutes, then add in about 3/4 of the beer. Allow the mixture to simmer for a couple minutes more, then add the clams, clam juice, and tomatoes.
- Cover, and allow the clams to simmer until they all open. Add some seasoning with the oregano, salt and pepper prior to serving. Drink or discard the left over beer.
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