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Crab Bisque

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 4

Ingredients

One 10 3/4-ounce can cream of asparagus soup
One 10 3/4-ounce can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup half-and-half
1/2 pound crabmeat, picked free of any broken shells
1/4 cup dry sherry

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine all the ingredients in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

    Step 2

    This delicate tasting soup can be frozen for up to 1 month.

The Lady & Sons, Too! by Paula Deen. © 2001 by Paula H. Deen. Published by Random House. All Rights Reserved. Paula H. Deen was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. She later moved to Savannah, where she and her two sons, Bobby and Jamie, started the Bag Lady catering company. The business took off and evolved into The Lady & Sons Restaurant, which is located in Savannah’s historic district and specializes in Southern cooking. Paula is the host of Food Network’s Paula’s Home Cooking and is a regular guest on QVC, where her cookbooks are one of the newtowrk’s biggest sellers.
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