Emma's Slow Cooker Clam Chowder

It's nice to come home to a big pot of Manhattan-style clam chowder, with tomatoes, potatoes, and bacon, that's been slow-cooking all day.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr
• Total Time: 8 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 476 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• ¼ pound bacon, diced
• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 3 large potatoes, diced
• 2 (6.5 ounce) cans chopped clams with juice
• 3 stalks celery with leaves, thinly sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Pour off the bacon fat, and place the drained bacon pieces in a slow cooker.

Step 2

Stir the tomatoes, clams, potatoes, onion, carrots, celery, parsley, salt, pepper, thyme, and bay leaf into the slow cooker, cover, and set the cooker on Low. Cook until the vegetables are tender and the flavors are well blended, 8 to 10 hours.