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Quick Clam Chowder

Ingredients:

• 4 slices bacon, diced
• 1 cup diced onion (1 medium onion or use frozen, diced)
• 2 large potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 tablespoons flour
• Salt and pepper
• 1 (8 oz) bottle of clam juice
• 3 cups whole milk or half-and-half
• 2 (6 and 1/2 oz) cans chopped clams

Directions:

1. Cut the bacon crosswise to dice, put into a large pot and cook on medium heat.
2. If starting with whole vegetables, peel and dice onion and potatoes but keep them separate.
3. When bacon is crisp, add onions and increase heat to high.
4. Cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent; about five minutes (lower heat if onions appear to be burning).
5. Sprinkle onion with flower and stir. Add salt, pepper and clam juice gradually, stirring as you do to work out lumps.
6. Add potatoes and milk. Cover, and cook 20 minutes, until potatoes are done.
7. Add clams and cook to heat through. Taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper if needed.
8. Serve with crackers or rolls and raw vegetables.