Woods In The Kitchen The Woods family cookbook

Soups and Stews

Crab Bisque

I found this recipe in Mother's "Little Black Book" but we don't know where it came from.

Serves
6
Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Total
35 min
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

Servings 6
  • 1/4 cup onion, chopped
  • 3 cups milk
  • 13 oz canned lump crab meat, (2) 6 1/2 oz cans
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tall can evaporated milk
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1/8 tsp coriander
  • 1/2 tsp curry powder
  • 1/8 tsp white pepper

Method

  1. Sauté onion in butter until soft.

  2. Add flour and curry powder and cook 5 min., add milk, salt, coriander and pepper.

  3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, stir in crabmeat and evaporated milk. Heat until steaming hot, but do not boil.