Dairy-Free Chowder

Description

Non-dairy chowder. Add fish for fish chowder; add shrimp or scallops for seafood chowder; add corn for corn chowder.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 2 slices bacon, diced
  • 2 medium russet potatoes, peeled and diced, or more to taste
  • 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice
  • 2 ½ cups minced clams, drained
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups almond milk
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat 1/4 cup oil a large pot over medium heat. Add onion
  2. celery
  3. and bacon to hot oil; cook and stir until bacon fat renders and onion is translucent
  4. about 5 minutes. Add potatoes and clam juice. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are fork-tender
  5. 15 to 20 minutes. Add clams and cook for 10 minutes more.
  6. Meanwhile
  7. combine remaining 1/4 cup oil and flour in a separate saucepan over medium heat. Stir until paste-like and light golden brown
  8. 3 to 5 minutes. Gradually whisk in almond milk; cook and stir until mixture becomes a thick slurry
  9. 6 to 7 minutes more.
  10. Stir slurry into clam chowder until thickened. Season with salt and pepper; serve hot.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 8

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