Clam Chowder

Source: Molly

Ingredients

• 3-4 large potatoes peeled and 1/2 cubed. Boil 7 minutes in lightly salted water. Drain.
• 3-4 strips bacon, lardoned. Fried til crispy. Keep fat.
• 1 good sized onion. Chopped.
• 3 ribs celery. Chopped.
• 3 cans minced clams
• Bottle clam juice
• Cream.
• Maybe some chicken stock.
• Tabasco.

Directions

• Fry bacon. Take out of grease when crispy. Drain.
• Sauté onion and celery in fat til soft.
• Add scoop of butter. 2-3 tbls
• Melt and sauté all for a minute.
• 2-3 tablespoons flour. Mix with veg til flour pasted. Cook 1 min.
• Add potatoes.
• Mix it up.
• Add 1/2 bottle clam juice.
• Mix.
• Add 1/2 cup cream.
• Mix.
• Add clams and their juice.
• Adjust thickness by adding stock.
• 4-8 dashes of Tabasco.
• Add bacon.
• Stir.
• Salt and pepper to taste.