When I saw National Clam Chowder Day was in February, I knew we had to celebrate. All three of us at our table love clam chowder. Of course, since it was a Monday, I needed a slow cooker version, and honestly I was hoping for easy but amazing.Lucky for me, I found BOTH! Seriously, this is such an easy recipe, but it does not taste like it. I was a skeptical given that it starts with cream of potato soup. There is a distinctively canned flavor about cream of potato soup that usually precludes its use in this house. Even buried in a casserole, I can almost always pick it out. Maybe it's the addition of bacon or even the cream cheese, but this soup turned out thick, rich, creamy, and fantastic. I really couldn't believe how good it was. I made two very slight modifications--Neufchatel instead of full fat cream cheese, and a couple extra slices of bacon, because bacon.
Even if it's no longer National Clam Chowder Day, you can't go wrong with this recipe. It really is the bees' knees, and I will make it again. Soon.
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