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Fishy Garlic Clams
Fishy Garlic Clams is simple, but yet a flavorful dish with its own liqueur.Before you start cooking the clams leave the clams to soak overnight in cold water and discard any with cracked or gaping shells and those which feel too heavy which is a sign that they are full of something other than live fish. It is alright for clams to open while you’re storing them, but throw out any clams that don’t close when tapped.Shellfish can stay fresh for as long as they can hold water in their shells. Also clams have a lot of health benefits.
Clams can be cooked in a number of ways, including steaming, boiling and frying. The best thing is that they don’t take very long to cook, usually only a few minutes which make it a perfect fuss free recipe.
Ingredients
- 4lbs any fresh shell fish or clams
- 1-2 green chilly and red chillies, pitted and finely chopped.
- 3 tbsp finely chopped garlic
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Method
1 In a non stick large sauce pan, heat the olive oil and fry the garlic, ginger and chillies for 2-3 minutes.
2 Pick over the clamps and rinse thoroughly. Add the shellfish, turn up the heat and cook for 5-6 minutes, till all the shells gape open in the steam.
4 After turn them with a spoon, so that the ones on top can get to the heat. When all are open remove the pan from the heat immediately. Otherwise they will get tough when it’s over cooked.
5 Finish off with freshly chopped parsley.
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Sophia | August 10, 2009 at 1:47 am |
oh I didn’t know clams are so easy to prepare! And it sounds so flavorful, yet simple, letting the freshness of the original clams shine through!
Angie's Recipes | August 10, 2009 at 4:42 am |
Since living in Germany, I haven’t seen many kinds of fish, not to mention clams!! And I ate lots of the juicy tasty clams (my mum made them as a soup, stir-fried with ginger and onion, etc. etc) when I still lived with my mum in China! Good old time is OVER.
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Faith | August 10, 2009 at 4:45 am |
I love all the flavors going on here, garlic, ginger, chilies…this sounds incredibly delicious!
Rosa | August 10, 2009 at 9:27 am |
A tasty dish! a nice choice of flavors!
Cheers,
Rosa
Reeni | August 10, 2009 at 2:45 pm |
This looks so yummy, Nora! What wonderful flavors you have included!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie | August 10, 2009 at 5:00 pm |
The clams sound delicious, great flavors!
lisa (dandysugar) | August 10, 2009 at 11:13 pm |
Yum, love these flavors! Such an easy dish to pull together too, who would have known! Thanks for sharing!
Candy | August 11, 2009 at 2:17 pm |
I love clams, but have never tried to make them myself before. This looks so easy to do though!
KennyT | August 11, 2009 at 3:53 pm |
Nora, these clams are absolutely mouth watering
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Erica | August 12, 2009 at 12:35 am |
I used to make clams every weekend for my husband, but he became a vegetarian 1 year ago, so I don’t make clams anymore…..
Great flavors!
donna | August 13, 2009 at 12:00 pm |
Nora.. this sounds so fantastic and so very delicious. So easy to prepare and healthy. GREAT post!!
The Duo Dishes | August 13, 2009 at 4:50 pm |
Oh, the ginger is a good idea!
nora | August 13, 2009 at 9:28 pm |
my friends, thanx a lot.. keep in touch
cheers!!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella | August 14, 2009 at 12:46 pm |
So simple but I can imagine such delicious flavours!
Sophie | August 14, 2009 at 8:45 pm |
I adore eating clams!! So full of flavour!! The picture looks truly inviting!!
Yummie yum,…
donna | August 17, 2009 at 9:51 pm |
These sound absloutely delicious and such a lovely lovely dish!
lisaiscooking | August 17, 2009 at 9:55 pm |
Sounds delicious! I love chiles with clams.
theungourmet | August 19, 2009 at 5:04 pm |
These really look amazing! I love the ginger and chilies in this! Makes me hungry for clams right now!
Ellie@AlmostBourdain | August 19, 2009 at 11:34 pm |
So simple yet so delicious! Love to try this one day.
elra | August 21, 2009 at 2:48 pm |
Nora, this is my son’s favorite way to eat clams or mussels. He can eat tons of this by himself. I should make it again for him. Thanks for the simply delicious recipe!
Fearless Kitchen | August 21, 2009 at 7:05 pm |
This looks great. Clams and garlic are a wonderful combination, classic and comforting.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella | August 22, 2009 at 10:25 am |
Looks fantastic! I rarely cook clams but really should do it more often as they’re so simple to cook!
Joanne | August 24, 2009 at 1:43 pm |
What a pretty dish you created! I have never cooked with clams before but my dad told me about this clam sauce for pasta that he made the other day and set off some sparks in my head. You have fueled the fire with this.
foodcreate | August 25, 2009 at 1:15 pm |
Delicious ! I love sea food and this recipe sounds so tasty …
Thank you for sharing your recipe:)
Have a wonderful Day ~
Teanna | August 25, 2009 at 2:07 pm |
WOW! What a fantastic site! And this recipe is fantastic, I love the flavors! I’m bookmarking it!
nora | August 25, 2009 at 4:52 pm |
teanna and joanne welcome to ffr. and thanx for the kind words!
and joanne real clams are much tastier than the clam sauce. you rili have to try this one!! m sure you will love it! 
pigpigscorner | August 25, 2009 at 7:49 pm |
A very simple yet tasty way to enjoy clams!
zoe | August 27, 2009 at 2:36 pm |
I’ve always wanted to make clams at home, I never knew it was so easy. Thanks nora!
noobcook | August 28, 2009 at 5:46 am |
your clams look refreshing and delish. Love all the deliciousness cooking in your blog, thanks for your comments ^^
Jessica@FoodMayhem | August 31, 2009 at 9:11 pm |
I love shellfish. Love it. Love it. Love it!
foodcreate | September 1, 2009 at 9:22 pm |
I love sea food … Awesome Recipe !
Have a great Day !
Marta | September 8, 2009 at 6:20 pm |
Oh this looks so delicious! Like a trip to the Mediterranean in a bowl!
peachkins | September 18, 2009 at 11:12 am |
I love shellfish! They are very flavorful and very healthy…
elra | October 13, 2009 at 5:25 am |
Fishy garlic clam sounds so good Nora! I love clams.
Hélène | October 25, 2009 at 12:35 am |
I love my clams with butter, garlic, wine & cream. Yours look delish.