Low Carb Crab Bisque

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb canned crabmeat (or fresh, if you have it, can afford it!)
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 8 ounces low-fat cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 cups clam juice or 2 cups chicken stock or 2 cups seafood stock
• 1 cup wine
• 1 1/2 teaspoons old bay seasoning

Recipe

• 1 saute the chopped vegetables in the butter and old bay seasoning.
• 2 add the stock, wine and tomatoes and simmer until vegetables are soft. use less stock if you like a thicker bisque - one reviewer mentioned this was a little thin for her taste: no problem withholding, then adding some of the stock at the end until you get it the way you like it!
• 3 melt the cream cheese into the stock/vegetable mixture.
• 4 add the crab, heat and serve.
• 5 note: i use redi-base seafood stock base, available on line.