A simple, flavorful spicy clam dish that’s sure to please the appetite with almost no effort at all. They can be served as an appetizer or a main dish with pasta.
Spicy clammy goodness, wrapped up in garlic, butter and hot red pepper flakes. Add two cups of wine, and you’ve got yourself dinner and a drink! In my vast archive of recipes and my desire to always try something new, I sometimes forget to visit my old favorites.
Chili and Garlic Steamed Clams
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Description
Spicy clammy goodness, wrapped up in garlic, butter and hot red pepper flakes. Add two cups of wine, and you’ve got yourself dinner and a drink!
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup real butter
- 5 large cloves of fresh garlic (coarsely chopped)
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon heaping dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon heaping dried parsley
- 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 36–50 fresh clams
Instructions
- Prep fresh clams by placing them in cool tap water and adding ½ teaspoon of black pepper.
- Heat butter over skillet on medium high heat until melted. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes or until fragrant.
- Add white wine and spices until simmering. Add clams and cover.
- Cook over medium heat until clams open, approximately 5-10 minutes until clams open. Discard any clams that do not open.
- Serve in bowls and ladle broth over them!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Main, Side
- Method: Steam
- Cuisine: Italian
Fantasticly , delicious . I am an east coast man. My father dorve truck for 35 years. As a kid i would sometimes ride in the truck with him along the seashore.
Many times he would stop , we walked the sand , shore, and dig up clams out the sand. He would start a fire there on the shore and cook the clams . LOL, he really liked getting clams for free ! , LOL.
Anyways , that was the late 1950s and early 60s. Well i live in the midwest now and have to order clams from the east coast.
This recipe is very delicious … LOL, i did change one thing here , i used a good red wine instead of white wine. but that’s just me , lol, this recipie is very good !!!