Low Carb Manhattan Clam Chowder
Saying Goodbye to Winter is this month’s theme for Soup Saturday Swappers. My recipe is for Low Carb Manhattan Clam Chowder. Check it out along with all the other soup recipes in the links.
Sally from Bewitching Kitchen is this month’s host and her theme of “Saying Goodbye to Winter” tasked us with posting a recipe for a “soup that soothes your soul and chases away those winter blues”. Thanks for the great theme, Sally!
This theme gave me the opportunity to develop a new low-carb soup! I’d been craving clam chowder and I love Manhattan-style Clam Chowder, so it was the perfect soup to make.
New England Clam Chowder is a thick, rich cream-based soup which in a typical bowl will contain about 21 net grams of carbs. This recipe for the Manhattan-style Clam Chowder contains only 12 net grams of carbs.
Manhattan Clam Chowder is a tomato-based version that was thought to have been developed with the influence of Portuguese cooks. Also known as New York Clam Chowder, it has been around since the late 1800’s.
Just like its cousin, Manhattan Clam Chowder traditionally contains potatoes. What helps to make this recipe a lower carb version is the use of celery root, instead of potato: Potatoes (15 grams of carbs); celery root (7 grams of carbs).
Celery root isn’t hard to find. My local Kroger carries it in the produce section. Here’s what it looks like (image via Bon Appetit):
It has a consistency that is similar to turnips. It was delicious in this soup.
So, say goodbye to winter with this super version of Manhattan Clam Chowder!
P~
- 3 tablespoons bacon drippings (or olive oil)
- 1 cup sliced leeks, washed drained and dried
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 2 large cloves)
- 1 cup sliced carrot
- 1 cup diced bell pepper (I used red, orange and yellow)
- 2½ cups diced (1/4 inch) celery root (this is the potato substitute)
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 - 32 ounce box chicken stock
- 1 -15 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 -15 ounce can diced tomatoes with liquid
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon dry thyme leaves
- ½ teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 -8 ounce bottle clam juice
- 4 tablespoons arrowroot starch (or corn starch)
- 2 -10 ounce cans whole baby clams with liquid
- salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup fresh parsley
- In a large stockpot, over medium-low heat, add the bacon fat (or oil).
- Add the leeks, garlic, carrot, bell pepper, celery root, stir to coat with the fat and simmer for about 3 minutes.
- Add the wine, cover and allow to cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the tomato paste and stir.
- Add the chicken stock, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme, rosemary and clam juice.
- Cover and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Place the arrowroot starch in a small bowl and remove about ¼ cup of the pot liquid. Stir to create a slurry (dissolve the starch) and add back to the pot.
- Continue to simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Once the soup has thickened slightly, add the whole clams, salt and pepper to taste.
- Allow to cook for about 2 minutes, just enough time for the clams to heat through.
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with parsley.
- Serve immediately.
Be sure to check out all the other soups from Soup Saturday Swappers below:
I love celery root Paula. I’m sure this chowder was amazing.
I love celery root, too, Wendy! It was a great potato substitute in this chowder! And it really was quite delicious! Thanks! P~
You say low carb, and I start paying attention…
even though I don’t do strict low carb diet, I love to have a collection of recipes to go to after a day or two of carb-loaded meals…
love the sound of this soup!
thanks for joining our event!
Thank you, Sally. I loved the theme! I’ve been slowly reintroducing healthy carbs to Mr. Saucy’s foods. He kept meeting and then exceeding his weight loss goals, so it’s been a slower reintroduction than I thought. He’s about 9 pounds from his final goal. Then, he’ll just be maintaining and all those healthy carbs will be back in full. The chowder was great! <3 P~
Yep, gonna make it! I have made New England Clam Chowder but never the Manhattan style….the low carb part really appeals to me. Thanks for sharing, I am looking forward to enjoying a bowl!
I love the tomato in the Manhattan Clam Chowder. I do hope you’ll try it! <3 P~
I don’t think I’ve ever had a non-creamy clam chowder. I really need to change that. This looks delicious!
Thanks, Carlee! I hope you’ll try it! P~
Yum! chowder soup its so satisfying and delicious.
It was quite good, thank you, Sneha! P~
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