4.7 from 75 votes
Slow Cooker Clam Chowder
Slow-cooker clam Chowder is so easy to make. It has a deliciously creamy, briny flavor, smoky, crispy bacon bits, and buttery Yukon potatoes.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
7 hrs 15 mins
Total Time
7 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 8 Servings
Calories: 273 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Bacon , diced
- 3 cans clams , (6.5 ounce, not drained)
- 1 yellow onion , chopped
- 4 yukon potatoes , peeled and diced
- 2 ribs celery , diced
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 cups half and half
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
- In a large cast iron skillet on medium high heat cook the bacon until crisp, then remove from the pan.
- Add half of the bacon, clams, onion, potatoes, celery, garlic, water, Kosher salt, black pepper and thyme into the slow cooker and stir.
- Cook on low for 7 hours and refrigerate the remaining bacon for serving with the soup.
- In a measuring cup add the half and half with the cornstarch and whisk together.
- Add in the half and half mixture to the slow cooker and stir.
- Cook on high for 30 minutes.
- Serve with the remainder of the bacon sprinkled over the top.
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Notes
- * I add 1 tablespoon of Clam Base to the water to pump up the clam flavor in the chowder. Totally optional though.
- ** Truth? When I don't need it to look all pretty, I brown the onions and potatoes in this bacon fat before adding it to the slow cooker.
- *** You may want to heat the bacon slightly before sprinkling it on top since it will be cold from the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
Calories
273kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
18g
(28%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
7g
Trans Fat
0.04g
Cholesterol
40mg
(13%)
Sodium
532mg
(22%)
Potassium
545mg
(16%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
275IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
19mg
(21%)
Calcium
88mg
(9%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 273
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 273kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 0.04g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 40mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 532mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 545mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 275IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 19mg | 21% |
| Calcium | 88mg | 9% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.