New England Clam Chowder

Name: New England Clam Chowder
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter (4 tablespoons); 3/4 cup diced yellow onion; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon dried basil; 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 jar clam juice (8 ounce (I used Snow’s Clam Juice)); 4 potatoes (peeled and diced); 2 cups milk; 1 cup heavy whipping cream; 3 cans chopped clams, drained with the juice reserved (6.5 ounce (I used Snow’s Wild Caught Chopped Clams in Clam Juice)); cooked and crumbled bacon (optional)