Market street grill clam chowder

Ingredients

• 1 cup potatoes, diced ½ inch
• 1 cup celery, diced ½ inch
• 1 cup onion, diced ½ inch
• 1 cup green pepper, diced ½ inch
• 1 cup leeks, diced ½ inch
• ¾ cup chopped clams (canned or fresh)
• ¾ tablespoon coarse ground black pepper
• 1 ½ tablespoon salt
• ¾ tablespoon whole thyme
• 6 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco
• 2 cups water
• ¾ cup clam juice (drained from canned clams or purchased separately in can)
• ¾ cup butter, melted
• 1 cup flour
• 2 quarts half-and-half