Healthy Low Carb Manhattan Clam Chowder Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon, diced
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 ribs celery, diced
• 1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
• 2½ cups diced white turnip
• 1 medium carrot, peeled and grated
• 14½ oz (435 ml) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 3 cups (750 ml) water
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) dried thyme
• 4 cans (6½ oz (190 ml) each) minced clams with their liquid
• Tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Heat a large nonstick, heavy bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add diced bacon and cook until the fat cooks out of it.

Add onion, celery, and green pepper. Sauté in the bacon fat, stirring occasionally, for 4-5 minutes.

Stir in diced turnip, undrained tomatoes, dried thyme, then pour in water. Mix well, reduce heat to low and simmer for a further 30 minutes-1 hour.

Add the clams, including the liquid, dash of Tabasco sauce, then season with salt and black pepper. Simmer for another 15 minutes.

Ladle into soup bowls. Serve hot.