{"id":12593,"date":"2026-09-10T09:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12593"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:45:17","slug":"slow-cooker-classic-clam-chowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/slow-cooker-classic-clam-chowder\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Classic Clam Chowder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/SlowCookerClassicClamChowder.jpg\" alt=\"Slow Cooker Classic Clam Chowder\" \/><br><br \/>\n<a class=\"shop_ingred\" target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/shop.pricechopper.com\/store' rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shop Ingredients  <\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/slow-cooker-classic-clam-chowder\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Slow Cooker Classic Clam Chowder<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes<br \/>\nSlow Cook: 3 hours 30 minutes \u2022 Serves: 8<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>3\/4 <\/span>pound <strong>PICS thick-cut bacon<\/strong>, chopped<br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>cans (6.5 ounces each) chopped clams, undrained<br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>garlic cloves, minced<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>medium celery ribs, chopped<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>medium Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and chopped<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>small white onion, chopped<br \/>\n<span>3\t<\/span>cups <strong>Full Circle vegetable broth<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon chopped fresh thyme plus additional for garnish (optional)<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>cup <strong>PICS half and half<\/strong>, at room temperature<br \/>\n<span>1-1\/2 <\/span>tablespoons <strong>PICS cornstarch<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>PICS sour cream<\/strong>, at room temperature<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS kosher salt<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>PICS ground black pepper<\/strong> plus additional for garnish (optional)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>In large skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until crisp, stirring occasionally; transfer to paper towel-lined plate and reserve bacon drippings.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In 5- to 6-quart slow cooker, stir clams with their juice, garlic, celery, potatoes, onion, broth, thyme, half the bacon and reserved bacon drippings; cover and cook on high 3 hours or low 6 hours or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>In small bowl, whisk half and half, and cornstarch. Stir sour cream, salt, pepper and half and half mixture into slow cooker; cover and cook on high 30 minutes or low 1 hour or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Makes about 10 cups.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Serve chowder sprinkled with remaining bacon garnished with thyme and\/or pepper, if desired.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1-1\/4 cups):<br \/>\n403 Calories, 28g Fat (12g Saturated), 70mg Cholesterol, 1427mg Sodium,<br \/>\n18g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 3g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 20g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Chef Tip:<\/span><br \/>\nTry serving chowder in a sourdough bread bowl or topped with oyster crackers.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Slow Cooker Classic Clam Chowder Prep: 20 minutes Slow Cook: 3 hours 30 minutes \u2022 Serves: 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-soups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12593"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12640,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12593\/revisions\/12640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}