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Title: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: pz on July 13, 2014, 12:41:50 AM

We love rich creamy bisques, but the high calorie/fat amounts keep us away except on special occasions. This is a crab soup, bisque-like that only contains 220 calories per 1 cup serving (what you see in the bowl below), and is so rich tasting and satisfying that a single serving each was all my wife and I needed (we usually significantly overdo the servings)

I've never made a bisque, so decided to try a crab version because we're home-bound due to road construction. I've been interested in she-crab soup, and various versions of crab bisque, but did not have the ingredients to make any single recipe, so threw up my hands, read a bunch of them and came up with my own version or this savory rich, creamy seafood soup that ends up being about 220 calories per serving, with 50 of those from fat

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Ingredients for about 10 servings (the calories for the ingredients and those from fat are given below)

2 carrots - 50/0 calories (total/from fat)
1/2 onion - 20/0
1 clove garlic -5/0
4 tbs butter - 408/408
1/4 cup flour - 114/3
3 cups milk - 270/0
1 cup chicken stock - 15/5
1 can heart healthy cream of mushroom soup - 150/50
1/4 cup white wine - 50/0
2 tbs Worchestershire - 10/0
Sale and pepper to taste
4 cups lump crab meat - 1064/0
Sour cream and chive garnish (1-2 tbs sour cream per serving) - 45/3 per 2 tbs

Directions

Melt butter in a large pot and sprinkle in flour - keep stirring for about 3 minutes or until the light brown.
While the roux is developing, rough chop the carrots, onion, and garlic, then add to the pot and cook for an additional few minutes
Slowly whisk in the milk to prevent lumps forming
Add the can of cream of mushroom soup, Worchestershire, chicken broth, and wine and simmer for 10-20 minutes
Add about 1 cup of the lump crab and using a stick blender, blend until smooth and creamy, about 2-3 minutes. If you don't have a stick blender, you can use a regular blender (heat resistant)
Add the rest of the lump crab to warm, then garnish and enjoy!

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: fishingbouchman on July 13, 2014, 12:56:23 AM

Yes please

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: drholly on July 13, 2014, 01:04:33 AM

I have my bowl and spoon ready.... that sounds wonderful!

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: spuds on July 13, 2014, 01:08:56 AM

Thanks PZ,bookmarked for sure!

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: ACW3 on July 13, 2014, 04:58:56 AM

WOW!!! That looks good!! We love the different bisques, just not too often. Bookmarked!!

Art

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: HighOnSmoke on July 13, 2014, 07:38:48 AM

Fantastic! Bookmarked!

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: smokendevo on July 13, 2014, 07:51:15 AM

I should have a coffee before reading these post's, thought it said biscuits ;D
That looks yummy though

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: sliding_billy on July 13, 2014, 08:18:29 AM

Printing this one for the wife, though I would probably change it to a multi-ingredient seafood bisque.

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: muebe on July 13, 2014, 12:03:13 PM

Thanks pz and bookmarked

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: TwoPockets on July 14, 2014, 02:09:09 PM

That looks and sounds delicious.

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: pz on July 14, 2014, 02:17:15 PM

Thanks folks! I always felt guilty eating a rich soup like this, but now no more

Title: Re: Healthy crab bisque, full of rich flavor
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on August 24, 2014, 08:10:07 PM

That sounds great, will have to try that. ;)