Brisk mushroom bisque

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupButter
4Green onions; thinly sliced
1poundsFresh mushrooms; thinly sliced
1tablespoonAll-purpose flour
2cupsChicken broth
1pintHalf and half
1dashGround nutmeg
1cupFresh crabmeat; drained and flaked
1dashRed pepper
1pinchWhite pepper
½teaspoonSalt

Directions

Melt butter in a heavy Dutch oven; add onion and mushrooms, and saute until tender. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Combine chicken broth, half and half and nutmeg; gradually add to mushroom mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in remaining ingredients, and reduce heat. Cook until thorouhly heated, stirring frequently. (Do Not Boil). Yield: about 8 cups. Submitted to magazine by Joanne C. Champagne, Covington, Louisiana MC formatting by bobbi744@...

Recipe by: Southern Living Magazine, September 1981, p. 87 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Apr 28, 1998