After tasting the award-winning New England clam chowder at the immensely popular Woodman’s of Essex in Massachusetts, we were inspired to bring a recipe inspired by their version to home kitchens everywhere.
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39 Comments
That's my folks right there! Congratulations, Glenn and Shatown! Love ya, Sista cousin inlaw 🥰😘😋
I sure do love my potato flakes!
Funny, I've been using this trick for 40 years and now it's famous 🙂
Thank you 😊
ok made this chowder today and WOW it is good except 2 teaspoons of pepper is way to much , 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon would be more than enough and no need to all the salt just 3/4 teaspoon is more than enough
Most clam chowder I've had doesn't have enough clams. You seemed to have solved that problem. I'm also a huge fan of Manhattan clam chowder.
About $15 worth of canned clams for looks like about a half gallon (8 8oz servings) so say about $2 per serving. Not bad for a real clam chowder with lots of clams in it. Curious how the onions mellow in the broth during the short bit of cooking they get.
I hope one of these days, you guys will come up with a Manhattan style (tomato based) clam or seafood chowder. That’s my favorite, especially a very peppery version like they used to serve at this long gone British restaurant in Los Angeles.
I prefer my chowder a lot thicker! Thick enough that my spoon can stand in it! Maybe I can add more potato starch to thicken it to my preferred consistency! ☮️🖖🏽
Very disappointing. Way too much pepper and onions. This is more like an onion soup with clams.
Probably no one from the Test Kitchen reads these, but I’m wondering how I could freeze this. I’ve been trying to stock our freezer with soups and stews. Everyone loves clam chowder and this thinner type is the favorite. I don’t like frozen potatoes in soups but I’ve had some luck freezing the “bases” of some soups and adding the things that don’t freeze well when they’re reheated to eat. Is there a way to freeze clam chowder? Thanks.
This recipe stinks literally! It has way too much pepper and tastes and smells like bait. The recipie was followed exactly as presented
On ATK. I think the whole baby clams and juice were purchased at Von's for $7.00 and ruined the dish. I added some cream of celery condensed soup to it which helped but we're tossing the remainder of the chowder. I don't recommend this dish. At least not with the whole baby clams.
I love clam chowder. Unfortunately I live in the mid-west , so fresh clams are hard to come by. I will definitely be trying this recipe
Can i use fresh clam?
Sweet
Brilliant recipe!
I’m making fresh chowder now and was looking around for tips and advice. This is very interesting with canned clams and not expected from ATK. DEFINITELY going to try since these are my go to references with all of their books I own and the series I live watching.
nooo – love Woodman's – but Legal Seafood really is better – however I prefer RI clam chowder – no cream, no tomatoes…..
Hallo! I'm watching you from Italy and I just discovered your delicious channel; now my question is how to make clam chowder with fresh clams as it was one of my favorites when I lived in NY as here there're no such canned products : please HELP 😊❤😊
Adding "award-winning_ to a recipe does not mean much. You can find a hundred award-winners for clam chowder in Mass.
This one's okay. But it's missing a little celery and the rendered diced salt pork or bacon. Less salt and a little more butter, too.
You have to go on to the Cape to really find the best clam chowder, not North Boston. lol
So if the contents of that ziploc bag are to be cooked very gently (bare simmer), wouldn't it be simpler to just drop the bag into an immersion circulator? I know not everyone has one, but I bet a lot of your audience does
The potato flakes! I am going to use this hack for all my cream-based soups…sayona roux!
So… is chowder at Woodman’s made with fresh clams or canned clams?
I got the; they’re on the waterfront part but, you never said if Woodman’s uses canned clams.
So I didn't see you strain the clam juice, so I'm guessing if you don't get a little sand it's not fresh??
Fabulous looking recipe. I’ve found that often the most offbeat recipes yield the most amazing results (I’ve been a chef for 30 years). I will try this one tomorrow after a quick trip to the grocery store!
Great tasting recipe, but I would saute the onions before the marinade. They ended up being undercooked and I had to simmer the chowder for longer than I wanted to making the clams a bit chewy.
Oh that looks so GOOOOOOOOOOD!!!🤤🤤🤤🤤😛😛😛😋😋😋😋
With my bussy schedule, I have been hooked on Progresso's soups clam chowder. I always enjoy it with French Baguette. One of these days I am making a trip to NE coast for one bowl of original.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I think the instant mashed potatoes is an excellent idea
This is a good recipe I will be trying this
Well looked good until you used potato flakes instead of a butter flour rue to thicken the chowda.
Maronate potato with clams!! Changed recipe of course but key facts followed. Organic celery. Lemon thyme
one of the funniest videos I've ever seen. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse she pulled out more canned clams lmfao
two words: freshness and cream (that's two words and a conjunction)
I made this and it was really good. I let the clam and potatoe mixture set for about two hours.I did add a very small amount of fresh parsley and once it was finished I also tried some paprika on top.
Tried this recipe over the weekend. As a former New Englander living in the Pacific Northwest, we’re always looking for good chowda. We found this recipe to be great overall but we are going to cut back on the pepper and a bit of salt the next go around since the brine is salty on its own. Loved the two different types of clams. If you want flavorful clam and potato chowda, this is it.
Actually, when she was cutting the russet potatoes and putting them in cold water, it would've released its natural starches, and that could have been used to help thicken the Chowder instead of the added potato flakes.
I'm making this !!! Thank you ! ❤
Just lost all respect for these guys. Cook's country. Canned clams are awful. Use fresh clams or don't bother at all. There are tricks to open them if you can't shuck them yourself. Some fish markets sell them shucked. The difference in texture and taste is enormous. Im sick of dumbed down recipes.
Bacon? Where’s the bacon?
so not a drop of water ?