Our Town Clam Chowder

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups peeled cubed, potatoes
• 2 cups diced onions
• 2 cups diced celery
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 6 cups milk
• 2 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
• 2 (6 1/2 ounce) cans chopped clams, undrained
• 2 cups diced green peppers
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon powdered thyme

Recipe

• 1 steam potatoes for 12 minutes.
• 2 saute onion and celery in butter in large dutch oven for 10 minutes or until tender.
• 3 stir in flour until smooth.
• 4 combine milk and clam juice in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 5 add to flour mixture, stirring constantly until smooth, about 10 minutes.
• 6 add remaining ingredients.
• 7 gently fold in potatoes.
• 8 simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.