Clam Chowder The Way My Mil Makes It

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 (6 1/2 ounce) cans clams, with liquid
• 6 potatoes
• 1 onion
• 6 cups milk
• 12 tablespoons flour
• 6 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel and cut the potatoes into bite sized pieces.
• 2 chop the onion.
• 3 place potatoes and onions into a saucepan.
• 4 cover with water.
• 5 bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are just tender.
• 6 drain the water from the potatoes, but do not discard.
• 7 in the saucepan make a light roux using the butter and flour.
• 8 add the milk to the roux, stir well to take out any lumps.
• 9 add back the potatoes and onions to the saucepan.
• 10 add the 2 cans of clams with liquid.
• 11 bring the whole thing almost to a boil in order to see the thickness of the chowder.
• 12 if the chowder is too thick add some of the reserved potato cooking water to achieve the desired thickness.
• 13 season with salt and pepper.