Sherried Crab Bisque Recipes

LOBSTER OR CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Saute onion and carrot in 2 tablespoons butter until soft. Set aside.
• In 4 quart saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter and add flour, whisking constantly over medium heat until roux becomes light brown (about 5 minutes). DO NOT BURN!
• Slowly add chicken broth, whisking constantly to ensure mixture stays smooth.
• Add onions and carrots, cover, and simmer for 1/2 hour.
• Add cream, sherry, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, and lobster or crab and simmer an additional 5 to 10 minutes.
• Garnish with fresh minced chives if desired.

SHRIMP AND CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In a 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Stir in flour, salt, white pepper; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Mix in bouillon granules, onion, and half of the half-and-half. Bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium; add shrimp and crab meat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens and shrimp are cooked through. Stir in remaining half and half and wine. Serve hot.

CRABMEAT BISQUE MADE EASY

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.

SHE CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium low heat, add shallots, celery, carrots and bell pepper, and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Deglaze pan with 1/2 white wine, scrapping up any browned bits.
• Whisk in clam juice and chicken broth (or fish stock), rice, tomato paste, Worcestershire, Old Bay seasoning, nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer, cooking until vegetables are tender and rice is very soft, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• In batches to avoid burning yourself, puree crab soup in a blender until smooth. Once soup is pureed, bring it back to a simmer over a medium low heat.
• Add in crab meat, and whisk in 1/2 cup of heavy cream. Cook just until hot, adding 1/2 cup sherry the last 2-3 minutes for additional flavor. If necessary, thin soup with additional broth to desired thickness.
• Ladle into soup bowls, garnish with fresh chopped parsley and a dash of paprika and an additional shot of sherry if desired.

CRAB SOUP WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine crabmeat and sherry; set aside., In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour and salt until blended; gradually add milk and bouillon. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in cream and crab mixture; heat through. Sprinkle servings with parsley.

CREAMY CRAB BISQUE (30-MINUTE RECIPE)

Steps:

• Sauté the carrots and the onion in 2 tablespoons of butter in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven on medium heat until soft. Set aside. Next, create a white roux mixing together the remaining flour and butter until cooked through and browned being careful not to burn.
• Slowly pour in the chicken broth whisking consistently until smooth. Add the onions and carrots and simmer for 10 minutes. Add in the remaining ingredients including the crab meat and simmer for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Garnish with fresh black pepper or white pepper and dried parsley. Store the leftovers in an airtight container.

CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In a heavy-bottom soup pot, sauté all vegetables in olive oil until tender.
• Add garlic and sherry. Then, cook for one minute.
• Add cream, stock and tomato paste.
• Allow soup to come to a low simmer, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Add thyme and fennel fronds. Then, season with salt, pepper and sugar.
• Add crabmeat to each of the bowls. Distribute soup between the bowls and serve immediately with your favorite bread.

AUNT BEE'S CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion, celery and scallions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-high and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the broth thickens and the vegetables are tender, about 5-7 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and whisk in the sherry, ketchup, tomato paste, seafood seasoning and cream. Bring to a simmer, but do not let it boil. Season with salt and pepper (to taste), then add the crab and shrimp. Cook just until the crab and shrimp are warmed through, about 5 more minutes.
• Ladle into individual bowls and garnish with additional sliced green onion or fresh parsley, if desired.

CRAB BISQUE WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• 1. Sauté the shallots in the butter in the top of a double boiler over direct heat until very soft but not browned. Stir in flour; add the warm cream or milk slowly, stirring as you add. Place over simmering water, add Worcestershire sauce, pepper and crab meat . Let cook stirring frequently, over simmering water for 15-20 minutes. Cover and keep warm, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat. Add beaten egg to warm mixture. Season to taste with salt . Slowly add sherry just before serving. Ladle soup into warm soup bowls. Top each serving with a dollop of whipped cream , or sprinkle with paprika or chopped chives or Old Bay spice. Very good. --- You may want to try this too: Frosted Tomato Crab Bisque: Just add to the above recipe: 10 oz. can cream of tomato soup, undiluted and 1 teaspoon groud marjoram Add to all ingredients in the above recipe.Then chill for 2 hours.

CRAB AND SHRIMP SEAFOOD BISQUE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Melt the butter in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-low heat; add the chopped green onion and celery. Sauté, stirring, until tender, about 2 minutes.
• Blend the flour into the butter and vegetables until well incorporated. Continue cooking, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
• Warm the milk in another saucepan over medium heat.
• Slowly stir the warmed milk into the butter and vegetables. Continue cooking, stirring until thickened, about 3 minutes.
• Add the freshly ground black pepper, tomato paste, and heavy cream.
• If desired, puree the soup in a blender or food processor at this point and then return it to the saucepan.
• Stir in the shrimp, crab, and sherry. Bring it to a simmer.
• Serve hot, garnished with parsley, cilantro, and/or chopped green onion tops.

SHERRIED CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion and celery and cover. Cook until the vegetables are tender but not browned, about 10 minutes. Stir in the flour. Cook, uncovered, stirring often, without browning the flour, for 1 minute. 2. Gradually whisk in the broth, clam juice, sherry, and tomato paste. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and partially cover the saucepan with the lid. Simmer, stirring often, until the bisque is lightly thickened, about 10 minutes. (The bisque can be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead, cooled, covered, and refrigerated. Reheat to simmering before proceeding. If the bisque is too thick, thin with additional chicken broth.) 3. Add the crab and the cream, increase the heat to medium, and cook just until very hot--do not boil. Season the bisque with the salt and hot sauce. Serve hot in soup bowls, sprinkling each serving with parsley.