Crab Bisque

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 253.8

Total Fat: 14.3 g
Cholesterol: 109.1 mg
Sodium: 719.2 mg
Total Carbs: 12.5 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
Protein: 19.1 g

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Introduction

Great, great great! Originally in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as Dungeness Crab Bisque...I used canned crab, add a little sugar to the crab. Great, great great! Originally in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette as Dungeness Crab Bisque...I used canned crab, add a little sugar to the crab.

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

2T butter

3 T chopped onion or scallions

2 T flour

1/2 t paprika

1/4 C tomato paste

2 C Chicken broth

16 oz. can crab meat or 2 Dungeness Crabs-cooked, cracked and meat harvested, add 1T sugar to it

2 cups half and half or heavy whipping cream

Directions

sautee onion in butter, add flour and mix until bubbly. Add paprika and mix in. Keep at a bubble, then add tomato paste and whisk in. Then add chicken broth - still keep bubbling. Finally add crab mixture and half and half (can use whole whipping cream too). Cook 5-7 minutes longer on medium heat, keep stirring until heated through nicely. I add a little sugar to the crab meat - optional. The original recipie was with Dungeness Crab - which is nice and sweet.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LINDALEA22.