California Farm Saffron Clam Chowder

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Our fishmonger has chopped clams this week. Time for our annual clam chowder feast, and freezing some more pounds to make summer chowders. I posted family recipes for mild winter clam chowder and spicy summer clam chowder last year. This easy chowder recipe is more festive, with saffron and rice instead of potatoes. A special clam dinner feast under an hour. It is one of my favorites.

California Farm Saffron Clam Chowder

Our fishmonger has chopped clams this week. Time for our annual clam chowder feast, and freezing some more pounds to make summer chowders. I posted family recipes for mild winter clam chowder and spicy summer clam chowder last year. This easy chowder recipe is more festive, with saffron and rice instead of potatoes. A special clam dinner feast under an hour. It is one of my favorites.

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Ingredients

1 Hour
2 people, 4 dinners
  1. 2 cupsfresh chopped clams (1 pound)
  2. 1 Cupchopped cured bacon
  3. 1 cupSweet red california wonder pepper, chopped
  4. 1 cupsweet white onion, chopped
  5. 1/2 Cupdry sushi rice
  6. 1 cupwhite cooking wine
  7. 1 CupShrimp broth from cube in cooking wine
  8. 1 TspMild Black garlic powder
  9. 2 cupsfreshly made coconut cream, or use canned cream
  10. 1/2 cupfrozen fresh sweet corn
  11. 1 TspRed mild paprika powder
  12. 20 strandsdried saffron, farm grown, or 4 Tbs saffron tea
  13. 1/4 Tspturmeric
  14. 1 Tspcorn starch in 2 Tbs cold water
  15. Habanero pepper sauce
  16. Fresh baked sour dough french bread
  17. Equipment: Wok to sizzle the rice, then make the chowder
  18. Cost: clams $8, coconut cream $1, bacon $1, wine 50 cents, pepper 50 cents, onion, rice, other 50 cents, $2.87 per dinner

Cooking Instructions

1 Hour
  1. 1

    Make shrimp broth from cube in one cup measuring glass with cooking wine in microwave, dissolves in 2 minutes when stirred rapidly.

  2. 2

    Cover bottom of wok with bacon bits, melt the fat over low heat.

  3. 3

    Sizzle the rice: cover bacon bits and melted bacon fat with rice, let rice absorb the fat for a minute, submerge with shrimp broth cooking wine, turmeric, paprika powder and saffron, bring to boil, then put lid on, simmer till you hear the rice begin to sizzle, about 15 minutes. Watch, dont let the rice burn.

  4. 4

    Add the clams and the clambroth to the wok, dont stir. Add the coconut cream.

  5. 5

    Add chopped sweet peppers, onions, half cup frozen sweet corn. Bring to boil. Taste broth, add pepper and salt to taste. Simmer till delicious, taste. Thicken the chowder, stir Tsp corn starch dissolved in 2 Tbs cold water in hot chowder.

  6. 6

    Scrape bottom of wok with metal soup ladle, mix the chowder. Garnish with freshly chopped cilantro. One soup bowl full of this rich broth chowder makes a full dinner. Enjoy. Serve with habanero pepper sauce and bread.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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