15-Minute Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe

Name: 15-Minute Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp. olive oil; 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter; 6 strips cooked bacon, chopped*; 2 medium baking potatoes, diced in 1/4 inch cubes; 4 (8 oz.) bottles of clam juice; 2 ribs of celery, finely diced; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 small onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 Tbsp. tomato paste; 1/2 tsp. dried thyme leaves; 1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes; 1/4 tsp. hot sauce (such as tabasco); 4 (6.5 oz.) cans chopped clams with juice

Instructions

Cook:15min

This clam chowder is tomato-based, not creamy. And it has a bit of kick from some hot sauce. If you're used to a creamy clam chowder, this is a bright change. Unlike a lot of soup recipes, the potatoes are added early in the cooking process here. This is because they take awhile to get tender and so you want to give them that time. Yield: 12 cups.

Updated at: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:11:59 GMT