Healthy Soups Recipes - Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon, diced

• 1 large onion, chopped

• 2 ribs celery, diced

• 1 green pepper, chopped

• 2 1/2 cups diced white turnip

• 1 grated carrot

• 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes

• 3 cups water

• 1 teaspoon dried thyme

• 4 cans (6 1/2 ounces each) minced clams, including liquid

• Tabasco

• 1 teaspoon salt or Vege-Sal

• 1 teaspoon pepper

Serves 10

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Method:

1. In a large, heavy bottomed stock pot, start the bacon cooking. As the fat cooks out  of it, add the onion, celery, and green pepper, and sauté them in the bacon fat for 4 to 5 minutes.

2. Add the turnip, carrot, tomatoes, water, and thyme, and let the whole thing simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

3. Add the clams, including the liquid, a dash of Tabasco, the salt or Vege-Sal, and pepper. Simmer for another 15 minutes, and serve.