Best New Orleans Corn And Crab Bisque Or Shrimp Recipes

CORN AND CRAB BISQUE, NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF COOKING

Steps:

• In a saute pan, make the blonde roux first. Melt butter on low-medium heat, then add flour and wisk continuosly for about 10 minutes until it starts to turn light blonde color and smells a little 'nutty'. Time may vary; it's more about the color and smell.
• Add roux in a cold stock pot to stop the cooking, and add cold chicken stock and corn. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce to simmer, add fresh garlic and garlic flakes, thyme, and rosemary (if desired). Simmer for 10-12 minutes.
• Add cream, crab, cajun seasoning, crab boil seasoning. Simmer another 10 minutes.
• Add half the green onion, and half the parsley, mix and serve. Garnish with remaining green onion and parsley.
• Optional: can add gouda, cheddar, or blue cheese for little kick!

CAJUN CORN AND CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; then gradually whisk in the flour. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, whisking constantly, until a golden roux forms; set aside.
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine the onion, garlic, and celery and cook 1 minute. Add the Cajun seasoning to taste. Stir in the broth, corn, and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer, then pour in the milk, cream, and liquid crab boil. When the mixture begins to simmer, reduce heat to low and simmer 7 minutes. Stir in the roux, 1 tablespoon at a time, blending thoroughly. Continue to cook, on low heat, whisking until mixture thickens. Stir in crabmeat, green onions, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer 6 to 8 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

NEW ORLEANS (NAWLINS) STYLE CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Cook bacon is a large frying pan with a little oil on low to get the grease out of the bacon.
• Chop pepper, tomato, onion, celery and carrots, then add to the bacon in the frying pan. Let simmer for about 15-20 minutes on medium low heat.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a large glass bowl add cream (you can add more or less if you like your bisque thicker or thinner then the recipe calls for), add crab meat, and corn(still frozen).
• Put a strainer over top of a small bowl. Take your frying pan with the vegetables and bacon and strain the grease from them into the bowl. Add 3 heaping tablespoons of corn starch to the grease and stir. After blended well add 1 tablespoon of zatarains crab boil to the grease/cornstarch mixture. (you can add more crab boil if you like yours spicier). Stir the crab boil into the mixture.
• Add grease/cornstarch/crab boil mixture to the bowl with the crab, cream, and corn. Stir well.
• Cover the bowl with foil and bake on 325 degrees for 45 minutes. Stir the mixture every 15 minutes, and remove the foil during the last 10 minutes of cooking.
• Optional garnish: sprinkle with pepper and add a little parsley.

CAJUN CORN AND CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; then gradually whisk in the flour. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, whisking constantly, until a golden roux forms; set aside.
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine the onion, garlic, and celery and cook 1 minute. Add the Cajun seasoning to taste. Stir in the broth, corn, and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer, then pour in the milk, cream, and liquid crab boil. When the mixture begins to simmer, reduce heat to low and simmer 7 minutes. Stir in the roux, 1 tablespoon at a time, blending thoroughly. Continue to cook, on low heat, whisking until mixture thickens. Stir in crabmeat, green onions, and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer 6 to 8 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

LOUISIANA CORN AND CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In large heavy saucepan heat butter over medium heat.
• Add onion, celery, all of the chopped peppers and garlic.
• Cook for 5 minutes.
• Combine 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 flour in small saucepan and cook over medium heat for approximately 3 minutes (do not brown) and remove from heat.
• Add chicken broth, white wine and thyme to vegetable mixture and bring to a boil.
• Quckly whisk in blond roux (reserved oil and flour mixture) to vegetable mixture.
• Whisk in heavy cream, reduce heat and simmer until cream is blended and beginning to thicken.
• Add salt, white pepper, cayenne pepper, hot sauce and corn.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Add lump crabment, parsley and green onions, being very careful not to break up crabmeat.
• Simmer over low heat until heated through, about 5 minutes.