New Orleans Nawlins Style Crab Bisque

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This is a great dish, i always get rave reviews on this recipe.

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Steps

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Cook bacon is a large frying pan with a little oil on low to get the grease out of the bacon.

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Chop pepper , tomato , onion , celery and carrots , then add to the bacon in the frying pan.

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Let simmer for about 15-20 minutes on medium low heat.

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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

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In a large glass bowl add cream , add crab meat , and corn.

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Put a strainer over top of a small bowl.

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Take your frying pan with the vegetables and bacon and strain the grease from them into the bowl.

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Add 3 heaping tablespoons of corn starch to the grease and stir.

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After blended well add 1 tablespoon of zatarains crab boil to the grease / cornstarch mixture.

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Stir the crab boil into the mixture.

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Add grease / cornstarch / crab boil mixture to the bowl with the crab , cream , and corn.

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Stir well.

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Cover the bowl with foil and bake on 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

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Stir the mixture every 15 minutes , and remove the foil during the last 10 minutes of cooking.

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Optional garnish: sprinkle with pepper and add a little .

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Ingredients

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bacon, vegetable oil, green bell pepper, tomatoes, yellow onion, celery ribs, carrots, heavy whipping cream, lump crabmeat, frozen white corn, cornstarch, crab boil