Ingredients for - Crabmeat Bisque Made Easy

1. Cooking spray
2. Butter 3 tablespoons
3. Diced celery ½ cup
4. Minced onion ¼ cup
5. Paprika ½ teaspoon
6. Seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®) ¼ teaspoon
7. Ground thyme ¼ teaspoon
8. Kosher salt, or to taste ¼ teaspoon
9. Ground white pepper ⅛ teaspoon
10. Rice flour ¼ cup
11. Seafood stock, or more as needed 1 cup
12. Half-and-half 1 pint
13. Heavy whipping cream 1 pint
14. Milk (Optional) ½ cup
15. Cooked crabmeat 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Crabmeat Bisque Made Easy

1 . Stage

Spray a stockpot with cooking spray.

2 . Stage

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 . Stage

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.