Ingredients for - Dairy-Free Chowder

1. Vegetable oil, divided ½ cup
2. Onion, diced 1 small
3. Celery, chopped 2 stalks
4. Bacon, diced 2 slices
5. Russet potatoes, peeled and diced, or more to taste 2 medium
6. Clam juice 1 (8 ounce) bottle
7. Minced clams, drained 2 ½ cups
8. All-purpose flour ¼ cup
9. Almond milk 2 cups
10. Salt and ground black pepper to taste 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Dairy-Free Chowder

1 . Stage

Heat 1/4 cup oil a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and bacon to hot oil; cook and stir until bacon fat renders and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes and clam juice. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are fork-tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Add clams and cook for 10 minutes more.

2 . Stage

Meanwhile, combine remaining 1/4 cup oil and flour in a separate saucepan over medium heat. Stir until paste-like and light golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Gradually whisk in almond milk; cook and stir until mixture becomes a thick slurry, 6 to 7 minutes more.

3 . Stage

Stir slurry into clam chowder until thickened. Season with salt and pepper; serve hot.