Mom’s Clam Chowder
1st Gen Author: Janene Jensen
- 2 6 oz cans minced clams
- ¾ cup flour
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 cup onions diced
- 1 qt half-n-half
- 2 cups potatoes diced
- ½ tsp sugar
- ¾-1 cup celery diced
Place chopped veggies in med to large saucepan.
Drain clam juice over vegetables. Do not add clams yet
Add enough water to cover veggies.
Add pepper & sugar, cover. Simmer for 20 min.
In another saucepan melt butter then add flour. Mix well
Add half-n-half to flour/butter mixture, stirring with a wire wisk until smooth.
After sauce has thickend add clams & milk sauce to veggies.