Julie's Clam Crab Chowder ()

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 lb bacon
• 1 sweet onion (diced)
• 2 cups water
• 6 ounces clam juice
• 8 medium potatoes (peeled, diced)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 cup milk
• 24 ounces canned clams, minced, reserve juice
• 8 ounces canned crabmeat
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 in a 3-quart dutch oven fry bacon until crisp and crumbles easily. (remove bacon and set aside).
• 2 saute onion in bacon fat until tender.
• 3 add water, clam juice, potatoes and cook until potatoes are tender.
• 4 (do not drain).
• 5 add heavy cream, half-and-half and milk stirring frequently so it doesn't scorch.
• 6 heat to steaming (do not boil).
• 7 add clams w/juice, crab, bacon, butter, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes more stirring frequently.
• 8 to reheat: only reheat as much as you can eat. don't reheat the whole pot.