Steamed Clams

Food
Published

March 10, 2026

I love clams. This is how I cook and eat them. This also works for mussels.

  1. Buy clams from a good place. Do not eat bad clams.
  2. Put clams in a bowl. Fill with cold water. Add salt or ideally corn starch.
  3. Rinse and drain bowl afer some number of minutes. Mussels require cleaning. Pull the green bits out, use an angle.
  4. Chop onion, and throw in a big wide pan. Add salt and tumeric. Shallot and garlic are also good additions. So is bacon/sausage otherwise use butter.
  5. Add some stock to the onions.
  6. Add tomato. Before tomato add a spicy pepper such as a thai chili for kick.
  7. Don’t cook tomato too longer. I like it chunky. Add clams.
  8. Also add chard or kale on top of clam.
  9. Add wine if you like and put on lid and wait until the clams pop open.
  10. Turn off heat.

Options from here:

I love to eat the clams with some bread and goat cheese. I pluck the clams all into their own bowl. I pour the sauce into a bowl for each person. Spread cheese on bread. Add clam. Dunk in sauce. MMMMMM

You can also cook a pasta in the sauce as well MMMMMM

This is how I cook clam (and mussel).