Crabmeat Bisque Made Easy

Name: Crabmeat Bisque Made Easy
Total time: 40
Yield: 6
Ingredients: cooking spray; 3 tablespoons butter; 0.5 cup diced celery; 0.25 cup minced onion; 0.5 teaspoon paprika; 0.25 teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®); 0.25 teaspoon ground thyme; 0.25 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste; 0.125 teaspoon ground white pepper; 0.25 cup rice flour; 1 cup seafood stock, or more as needed; 1 pint half-and-half; 1 pint heavy whipping cream; 0.5 cup milk; 2 cups cooked crabmeat

Recipe by Tammye S Green from allrecipes.com

Lunch 40 Mins.

Ingredients

6 servings

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cooking spray
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3 tablespoons butter
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0.5 cup diced celery
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0.25 cup minced onion
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0.5 teaspoon paprika
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0.25 teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
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0.25 teaspoon ground thyme
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0.25 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste

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0.125 teaspoon ground white pepper
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0.25 cup rice flour
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1 cup seafood stock, or more as needed
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1 pint half-and-half
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1 pint heavy whipping cream
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0.5 cup milk
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2 cups cooked crabmeat

Instructions

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.