I had someone asking me about Clam Chowder. Well, here is an awesome recipe for it, straight from New Jersey and the Cape May area.

 

Recipe Source: Tom’s Cove, New Jersey
Serves: 8

Ingredients:
4 Bacon slices, diced
3½ c Tomatoes, fresh and chopped
2 doz Clams, fresh and with juice
1½ t Thyme, dried
Parsley, chopped
1 c Onion, diced fine
5 c Hot water
3 c Potatoes, diced
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
In a soup pot, fry bacon until crisp and golden. Sauté onion and 1 t thyme in bacon pot until onion is tender. Add potatoes, tomatoes, water and salt and pepper. Cover pot and simmer until potatoes are tender, but not mushy. Shuck and cut clams into pieces, reserving juices. Add to the pot with the juice. Add parsley and another ½ t thyme. Simmer to taste. Cool and re-heat for better chowder.

Here is the Direct Link to the chowder. Enjoy!