Ingredients:
Large Can 51ounces of Chopped Clams in Clam Broth
2 Large Diced Onions
2 Cloves of Minced Garlic
One Chopped Stalk of Celery
Several Small Potatoes sliced or quartered
One Stick of Butter
4 Cups of Whole Milk
3 Cups of Water
One Package of Bear Creek Clam Chowder Mix or Cream of Potato Mix
Optional 5 pieces of bacon fried and chopped.
Step by Step:
Chopped Celery into rustic pieces, can be large if you like, or dinced or minced finely if you prefer, I like them large.
Dice the onions.
Quarter Small Potatoes, I leave the skin on for nutrients, but I get a thin skinned potato, red or yellow or white potatoes which ever you prefer.
Mince finely the garlic cloves, you can used jarred garlic in a pinch.
Sautéed the garlic and onion and celery in the butter
Add sautéed garlic and onion and celery to the crock pot.
Pour in Milk and Chopped Clams and broth, and the water with the Bear Creek Soup Mix package.
Place on high in the crock pot until boiling then simmer on low stirring once in a while.
Serve hot with oyster crackers.
If you like bacon flavored chowder, you can fry up chopped bacon and add to pot before boiling.