If you are a seafood aficionado, you may want to try a baked clam recipe. Baked clams can be both healthy and naughty, depending on the ingredients you add onto your clams. The basic dish should be more on the healthy side, though. More complicated baked clam recipes involve being added onto spaghetti or being breaded.
Instructions for a basic baked clam recipe
If you want to cut down your baked clam recipe to the very basic, you will need some clams, bread crumbs, olive oil, lemon, salt and pepper. Some variations require oregano, horseradish, cheese or butter. You may want to stick with the basic ingredients if you want your recipe to remain low in calories. Scrub your clams properly to remove all dirt stuck on them. Remove the clams from their shells. Chop the clams and mix with bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Replace into shells. Sprinkle with lemon juice. The clams are ready for baking.
Basic baked clam recipe servings
On an average, 12 clams should be able to serve four people. You may add butter or cheese to taste.
Now that you know the basic baked clam recipe, you can experiment with the taste by adding other spices.
