This easy Instant Pot clam chowder recipe is packed with bacon and potatoes! One of the best pressure cooker soups I've made yet and in just 10 minutes!
Ingredients
8 oz clam juice
10 oz clams (with juice)
3 pcs bacon (diced)
3/4 onion (diced)
2 stalks celery (middle, lighter pcs.)
4 small potatoes (skinned and diced small)
1 c water (can use vegetable or chicken broth)
1/2 tsp garlic (minced)
1/4 tsp white pepper
2 c half and half
1 chicken bouillon cube (or 1 tbsp granules (optional but adds to flavor))
6 tbsp flour
Method
1
Put your pressure cooker on saute with a little olive oil and cook your bacon until it is not crispy but cooked. (add your onions now to soften at this time if you like)
2
Drain grease and return pot to pressure cooker. Turn machine off.
3
Add diced onion (if you haven't already), potatoes, water, garlic, clam juice, white pepper, bouillon cube (crushed) and garlic. Stir.
4
Put lid on Instant Pot or pressure cooker and set to pressure, high, for 5 minutes (6 minutes if you want your potatoes to be really soft).
5
Do a slow release (move steam valve just slightly so steam comes out slowly).
6
Take lid off and set to saute low.
7
Add your half and half, celery and clams, stir.
8
Put flour in a bowl and once the soup begins to boil add a few cups of hot soup, just the liquid, and whisk together to create a sort of roux to thicken your soup.
9
Pour this mixture back into your pressure cooker and stir.
10
Allow soup to bubble for 4-5 minutes, stirring intermittently, thickening as time goes on.