Emerils Boston Clam Chowder I Made It Ii

Emerils Boston Clam Chowder

DIZ3 7 years ago
Recipe: Emerils Boston Clam Chowder
Shared By: Peetabear
Date: 1/4/17

This recipe is true Emeril Lagasse—loaded with bacon! It’s been a long time since I made clam chowder, but when I do, I always use Emeril’s recipe. I don’t think the submitter read the recipe well, because it is thickened with flour despite the claim that it’s not. Fresh clams are not available in my area, so I subbed 4 cans of chopped clams and used the liquid in the can plus bottled clam juice. I only used a dash of thyme, but otherwise I followed the recipe to a “T.” This recipe is made for anyone that loves a thick, creamy clam chowder that does not have a strong clam taste. In fact, you will taste the bacon more than you will any clam flavor. Definitely not the clam chowder I remember. So I had to dust off my Emeril Lagasse cookbook and compare. Sure enough, this is a different version. Did a search and discovered this recipe is from his old Food Network Show. The one I like is his personal recipe for Fall River Clam Chowder. Almost identical except the Fall River uses twice the clam juice and half the cream. Still plenty creamy. It also has corn in it, but I omit the corn most of the time. Here’s the link to his Fall River Clam Chowder: http://emerils.com/123099/fall-river-clam-chowder
Given the two different (but similar) versions, I have to rate this one a 4
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bakerme 7 years ago said:

Great phto, DIZ! Would you believe I have never had clam chowder?!

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eastcoaster 7 years ago said:

Lovely Photo DIZ,

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mommyluvs2cook 7 years ago said:

I bet this went perfect with those oyster crackers! Love the photo, I could eat a bowl right now, at 7:15 in the morning lol.

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semi00 7 years ago said:

DIZ I am looking for a good creamy clam chowder. LOL I don't like clams or oysters but I love love love a good bowl of clam chowder every now and then. I tried 1 time to make it and it was a glorified potato soup and that is how it tasted. I like it to taste of clam but not overly so that it is fishy? maybe not the right word. but I also love Emeril's recipes, so 2 questions. I won't be buying fresh clams so how much should I use? 4 cans as you did? also how many bottles of the juice did you use? I will have to cut it in half since more than likely I will be the only one eating it.

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gaspesiangal 7 years ago said:

Beautiful photo DlZ!! I love clam chowder.

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DIZ3 7 years ago said:

Thank you, Everyone!

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DIZ3 7 years ago said:

Semi00, more on this recipe. It really didn't have a clam taste and I added way more clam juice than recommended. I think you could solve that if you cut the amount of bacon in half. Like you say, it comes off as a glorified bacon potato soup. I say if you love clam chowder, go with his Fall River Clam Chowder recipe. It's a big recipe, but you can easily cut it in half or even down to a fourth. The corn, IMO, makes it a corn chowder, but you can easily omit it and add some later if you want to try it. I used to make the Fall River Clam Chowder for potlucks. Everyone raved over it! They would drop by my office and make "hints." It is pricey to make, but not so much if you scaled back the recipe. I estimate two-6.5 oz cans of chopped clams per pound of fresh clams. It's probably more like one because the majority of weight in fresh clams is the heavy shell, but I like lots of clam pieces in my chowder. You might get 1/4c liquid from the canned clams and the bottles of juice I get have 1 cup. Hope that helps.

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semi00 7 years ago said:

Thank you DIZ.. I am going to try the Fall River recipe. not this one in particular. I was just wondering since you put more clam juice in yours how many bottles you added so I could scale that amount down. I like the clam taste in the soup but hate it when it tastes like only bacon and potato with a HINT of clam. LOL Thank you so much I am so trying fall river and cutting it back a lot.

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