Delicious Oyster Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the celery and shallots until shallots are tender.
• Pour half-and-half into a large pot over medium-high heat. Mix in the butter, celery, and shallot mixture. Stir continuously. When the mixture is almost boiling, pour the oysters and their liquid into the pot. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. Stir continuously until the oysters curl at the ends. When the oysters curl the stew is finished cooking; turn off the heat and serve.

Steps:

• Sauté onion in butter until tender. Add remaining ingredients. Cook over low heat until edges of oysters begin to curl and mixture is hot but not boiling. Serve stew with crackers.

Steps:

• Drain the oysters in a colander set over a bowl. Reserve the juices.
• Saute the bacon in a large pot over medium heat until crisp and the fat is rendered. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Saute the onions in the bacon fat until tender and translucent, but not brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add flour, and cook over low heat for 2 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.
• Add the milk and the reserved oyster juice gradually, whisking constantly to prevent any lumps from forming.
• Add the bay leaf, and simmer for 20 minutes, skimming as necessary.
• Add the oysters and simmer about 5 minutes, or until oysters are barely cooked. Take care not to overcook the oysters.
• Add the warm cream and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the soup into heated bowls and garnish with the reserved bacon and oyster crackers.

Steps:

• Combine in the top of a double boiler set directly on medium heat the butter and onion or leek or garlic or celery.
• Cook, stirring, until the butter is melted and the onion is tender but not browned, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in oysters, milk, cream, salt, and white pepper or paprika.
• Place the top of the double boiler over, not in, boiling water.
• When the milk is hot, and the oysters float, add parsley.