Copelands Crab Bisque Recipe 385

CAJUN CORN AND CRAB BISQUE

Cajun Corn and Crab Bisque image

This creamy, Cajun crab soup has been in my family for years. It's comfort food during the winter, a 'stick to your bones' soup!!

Provided by Jodi Hanlon

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood

Time 50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 large celery stalk, minced
Cajun seasoning to taste
1 cup chicken broth
1 ½ cups frozen corn kernels
1 bay leaf
2 cups milk
2 cups heavy cream
1 teaspoon liquid shrimp and crab boil seasoning
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat
¼ cup chopped green onions
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
salt and black pepper to taste
Additional chopped green onions

Steps:

Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; then gradually whisk in the flour. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, whisking constantly, until a golden roux forms; set aside.
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine the onion, garlic, and celery and cook 1 minute. Add the Cajun seasoning to taste. Stir in the broth, corn, and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer, then pour in the milk, cream, and liquid crab boil. When the mixture begins to simmer, reduce heat to low and simmer 7 minutes. Stir in the roux, 1 tablespoon at a time, blending thoroughly. Continue to cook, on low heat, whisking until mixture thickens. Stir in crabmeat, green onions, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer 6 to 8 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 387.5 calories, Carbohydrate 16.3 g, Cholesterol 131.3 mg, Fat 30.1 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 14.8 g, SaturatedFat 17.6 g, Sodium 522.7 mg, Sugar 5 g

CRABMEAT BISQUE MADE EASY

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This is not a thick soup, yet it is creamy and so smooth to the palette. The aroma when cooking makes you want some before the potatoes are soft. I have made modifications due to allergy to corn (such as rice flour). I allow mine to slow-simmer with lid slightly ajar. Stir often so the film does not form on top. I have doubled my batch and still never have any for the freezer.

Provided by Tammye S Green

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Bisque Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

cooking spray
3 tablespoons butter
½ cup diced celery
¼ cup minced onion
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
¼ teaspoon ground thyme
¼ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper
¼ cup rice flour
1 cup seafood stock, or more as needed
1 pint half-and-half
1 pint heavy whipping cream
½ cup milk
2 cups cooked crabmeat

Steps:

Spray a stockpot with cooking spray.
Melt butter in the prepared stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir celery, onion, paprika, seafood seasoning, thyme, salt, and white pepper until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Whisk flour into vegetable mixture until smooth and dissolved. Pour seafood stock over vegetable mixture.
Mix half-and-half, cream, and milk into broth mixture; decrease heat and simmer until bisque is thickened, about 15 minutes. Add crabmeat and simmer bisque until crabmeat is heated through, about 5 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 541.9 calories, Carbohydrate 14 g, Cholesterol 194.7 mg, Fat 47.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 16.6 g, SaturatedFat 29 g, Sodium 458.7 mg, Sugar 1.7 g