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Shrimp & Crab Bisque Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 stick Butter
4 8" celery stalks diced
1/2 large Onion diced

3/4 c flour

5 pints boiled chicken broth ( made with 4 large knorr cubes)

3/4 tsp ground thyme
2 T parsley

2 c crab meat
2 c shrimp chopped

1 pint warmed half and half

Optional 1/2 cup Creme Sherry
Directions:
Directions:
Saute to soften butter onions and celery
Make Roux by adding the flour

Add chicken broth and simmer 30 minutes

Add thyme and parsley
Add seafood

Add the half and half

Add Sherry if desired.

Best the next day after flavors meld
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is not your regular butter and cream bisque that is blended. It is lighter and a little more like a chowder, slightly chunky without potatoes. I made it once with 4 whole lobsters and used the broth from boiling the lobsters to make the chicken broth. After shucking the meat from the tails and claws, I threw the bodies and the shells back in the water and boiled them for a while to make a great stock. Don't forget to strain the stock before adding the bullion. It gave it a nice base flavor if you want a very special $60 pot of soup.

 

 

 

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