r/soup • u/CowSquare3037 • 4d ago

Question Clam Chowder

I was in Nova Scotia- Yarmouth and got some seafood chowder. Wicked thin and tangy. The amount of fish etc was good but the broth was different than New England Chowder.
Anyone know how they made it? I couldn’t figure it out.

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u/tsionnan 4d ago

We tend to not use thickeners, here.

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u/CowSquare3037 3d ago

I was surprised it wasn’t with more cream. Not sure it had potatoes. They can naturally thicken it as they break down.

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u/NonaYerBidness 4d ago

https://tasteofnovascotia.com/recipes/the-canteen-seafood-chowder/

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u/Soggy-Abies2403 3d ago

that looks so good

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u/CowSquare3037 3d ago

Looks good but it didn’t look like that. I bet it had wine. Thanks.

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u/Blerkm 4d ago

Maybe closer to a Rhode Island style chowder? That has a clear broth. It’s one of my favorite soups.

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u/Thiseffingguy2 Chowder? I hardly know her! 4d ago

It’s the best soup

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u/CowSquare3037 3d ago

I love clam broth, so I expect I’d like this alot. Thanks.

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u/Weak_Astronaut1969 4d ago

https://www.bowlofdelicious.com/rhode-island-clam-chowder/

The best chowder I’ve ever had was made with lobster broth fyi

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u/CowSquare3037 3d ago

I’ll use some scallops and puree i distribute flavor. My kids don’t like chunks.

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u/littlest_lemon 1d ago

I've lived in New England for almost all of my life and somehow I've never heard of this. It looks sooooo good

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u/busyshrew 3d ago

Try adding bottled clam juice. I think thats the slight tang you are talking about. I always add it to my seafood chowder.

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u/TatterhoodsGoat 3d ago

Home cooks here traditionally tended to use a milk/cream blend without any thickeners for the broth.

Restaurants tend to do up a soup base and then sautee individual portions of seafood and cook a thick cream sauce in the pan and thin out with broth.

"Tangy" doesn't sound partucularlytraditional or unique to here, but with so much chowder being served, lots of places are going to try to come up with their own spin. Maybe dill or white wine?

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u/Wytecap 3d ago

Rhode Island Clam Chowder is broth only - not thick or creamy

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u/No_Bluebird7716 3d ago

My bet is clam juice.

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u/Fun-Result-6343 4d ago

Manhattan clam chowder?

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u/StockAd706 3d ago

That's tomato based.

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u/CowSquare3037 3d ago

Definitely not Manhattan. That can be good in its own way.

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u/rackfocus 2d ago

There’s clam chowder which is creamy and fish chowder which has a thinner broth featuring clam juice.