Crabmeat Bisque Made Easy

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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

Steps

  1. Spray a stockpot with cooking spray.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.