Clam Juice Chowder
Ingredients
1 pound bacon diced
1/4 pound ham
2 C. chopped onion
2 C. diced celery
2 C. diced carrots
4 C. diced potatoes
2 C. diced cooked chicken meat
Or substitute cooked turkey
4 C. chicken broth
2 bottles clam juice
Or 2 cans clams with juice
1 can whole kernel corn with liquid
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 C. milk
3/4 C. flour
4 C. shredded cheese, cheddar or jack
1/2 pint whipping cream not whipped
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
Cooking Instructions
In large skillet Saute bacon, ham, onions, and celery until bacon is crisp and onions and celery are limp. Add salt and pepper. Put contents of skillet along with potatoes, carrots, chicken, broth, clam juice, and corn into crock pot, cover, and cook on low 6 to 8 hours or high 3 to 4 hours. Whisk flour into milk, and add to pot along with cheese, whipping cream, and parsley and cook one more hour on high.
"All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish." (1Corinthians 15:39)
