These delicious wine steamed clams are super quick and easy to make, but incredibly flavorful and a perfect way to enjoy your clams! Grab a good bottle of wine, some crusty bread to pull apart, and get ready to nosh on tender, fresh clams in no time!
Super fresh steamed clams are truly a treat that seafood fans will love!
These are always a hit! Steamed clams are one of my husband's favorite of all seafood meals (although our lobster risotto is a very close second favorite seafood dish for him)!
The clams are perfectly steamed with water, white wine, and chopped onions and then paired with drawn butter when served. Add a few fresh lemon wedges and some garlic bread to go with your heaping pile of clams to top off a super seafood night!
This seafood order was a splurge, and I do mean that. Since we live in the Midwest, fresh coastal seafood is hard to come by but we love it.
So, when we do order seafood we make it a pretty good size order to offset the cost of overnight shipping - check out the lobster and cod dishes from this shipment too!
🥘 Ingredients
This quick and easy seafood dish is made with just 4 ingredients - add butter and lemon and you've got your drawn butter covered too!
- 4 pounds Steamer Clams - Fresh and scrubbed to remove sand. Alternatives are hard shell clams like Littlenecks, Cherrystones, or Quahogs.
- 3 cups Water
- ½ cup White Wine - Optional use a dry white wine like Pinot Grigio.
- ½ small White Onion (chopped)
🔪 Step-By-Step Instructions
Grab a few supplies and make sure your clams are fully cleaned, then get started cooking! Everyone will love these easy steamed clams!
- Heat to boiling. In a large stock pot - add the water, wine, and onion. Place your steamer basket over the liquid and bring to a boil.
- Add clams. Gently add the cleaned fresh clams and place the lid back on your pot.
- Steam until done. Cook at a low boil for 5-10 minutes, or until all of the clam shells have opened.
- Check. Remove any clams that have not opened and discard them. *Some people are OK with opening clams and checking to see if they are still good. Use your own judgement.
- Portion and serve. Serve immediately with drawn butter, French bread or garlic bread.
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- Salmon With White Wine Sauce
- Crab Stuffed Salmon
- Grilled Haddock
- Broiled Lobster
- How To Boil Lobster
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📋 Recipe
White Wine Steamed Clams (Tasty Littleneck Clams!)
Ingredients
- 4 lbs steamer clams (fresh, scrubbed to remove sand)
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup white wine (dry)
- ½ small white onion (chopped)
Instructions
- In a large stock pot - add the water, wine, and onion. Place a steamer basket over the liquid and bring to a boil. Add the cleaned fresh littleneck clams or steamer clams. Cook at a low boil for 5-10 minutes, or until all of the clam shells have opened.4 lbs steamer clams, 3 cups water, 1 cup white wine, ½ small white onion
- Remove any clams that have not opened and pry open using a knife, if they smell bad discard them. Serve immediately.
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Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma's kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!
Anonymous says
Amazingly easy to make steamed clams recipe, thanks for sharing (and I love the video walk through too). Can't wait to get more steamer clams!