This was delicious! I was searching for a recipe similar to my sister's since I couldn't find it, and this was quite close, so I thought I'd give it a try. It was hard for us to believe, since my sister is an amazing cook, but this was actually better than hers! I left out the mushrooms because I don't like them, and replaced one can of the cream of mushroom with cream of celery. I used 1/4 cup white cooking wine and 1/4 cup chicken broth, I added two cans of tiny shrimp (drained) at the end with the clams. My husband, who is a serious whiner about anything soup-like raved about this chowder! This recipe will be a keeper for this family for sure!

Reviewed On: Nov. 16, 2011

I couldn't find extra lean beef at my local store, so I ended up using Jennie-O lean turkey. I added minced garlic, and next time will add more seasonings to the mix because it needed a touch more, but still good! ***Update: Do not listen to the review about freezing the head of cabbage! The first time I made this, I just quickly cooked the leaves in a small amount of boiling water, and it worked just fine, but this time I decided to try the freezing thing. It's a bust. Do you know how long it takes a head of cabbage to thaw? The first couple leaves were fine, but the rest wouldn't peel off without breaking, so I had to steam the whole head anyway, and STILL left leaves toward the middle that were still partially frozen, and wouldn't peel off properly. I ended up having to toss some of the mixture out because I couldn't get enough useful leaves out of the head of cabbage. Just steam them from the beginning. Freezing is definitely not worth it.

Reviewed On: Apr. 29, 2011

This recipe is a pretty simple fix. Everyone keeps complaining about the measurements being wrong, but no one really offers a solution. Instead of 3 cups of milk, I only used 1.5. You could probably safely use 2 cups though. My mixture was pretty thick, but we liked it that way. Also I only folded about 4 ounces of whipped cream into the mixture. I wanted the flavor to be rich. It turned out good, thick, and creamy!

Reviewed On: Apr. 29, 2011