Disney Inspired Clam Chowder Bread Bowl
Your favorite Disney clam chowder in a bread bowl, just like you find in New Orleans Square.
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pack bacon- cooked & chopped about 2-3 cups
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 cans minced clams with juice 6.5 ounces each - broth should be about 1 cup
- 6 medium potatoes russet or red - peeled & chopped
- 1 medium onion
- ½ cup chopped celery
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp dried dill
- 1 tsp fresh parsley
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 cup half & half
- 2 cups milk
- 4-6 tbsp corn starch
- ½ - 2 cups instant potato flakes depending on how thick you like it
- Sourdough bread bowls
Instructions
- Cook the bacon until it's crispy. Remove & set aside. Chop once it has cooled.
- While the bacon is cooking add broth, clams with juice, potatoes, onion, celery, dill, parsley, salt, pepper & butter to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 3-4 hours or on low 5-6 hours.
- During the last hour - add the half & half and the bacon.
- In a separate bowl combine the milk and cornstarch, whisking well. Add to the soup and stir.
- In the last ½ hour - add the potato flakes, ½ a cup at a time - waiting about 10 minutes before adding more until you reach the thickness you desire.
- Hollow out the bread bowls by cutting a circle in the top. Pull off the piece you cut and then pull out more of the inside of the bread until it is deep enough to hold the chowder, but not to where it is thin along the bottom and sides.
- Ladle out into bread bowls, top with some of the bread you removed from your bread bowl & enjoy.