Ingredients
- 2 green onions, chopped, plus additional sliced green onions for garnish
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 12 ounces fresh raw oysters, undrained
- 1 quart half-and-half or whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Crackers, for serving
- Sliced green onions, for garnish
Directions
Saute 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 and garnish with sliced green onions.
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By mssnookums
Colorado
on October 21, 2011
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My family has made Oyster Stew for decades, added cayenne, white pepper and green onion . . . OmG so gooood.
By philsie1
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on September 14, 2011
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Something about eating a bowl of half-n-half and butter seasoned with oysters seems unnecessary. So I changed the around to my liking. Started with about 1/2 the butter to saute the onions and 2 stalks celery. Like others I added potatoes, but not precooked; I added to the onions and celery then added the oyster liquor and enough water to cover the potatoes and simmer until the potatoes were still firm but edible (by this time 1/2 the water evaporated, this also serves to draw more flavor out of the onions and celery. I then added 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and then about 1 quart of 2% milk and brought to a simmer. (You'll need to salt appropriately for the amount of potatoes added. Add the oysters and simmer till the edges just begin to curl and then get it off the heat. For best flavor you MUST let the soup sit 10-15 minutes to allow to oysters to take in the broth.
Believe me, this is amazing enough without the added fat of extra butter and half-n-half. Cheers!
By DrTwila
on July 05, 2010
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This is the most delicious recipe for oyster stew I have found. My 92-year old father, who remembers this dsh from his childhood, absolutely loved it. I read the posted reviews and decided to use ALL of the suggested additions : The stew was delicious. I, too, used heavy whipping cream instead of half-and-half. I also added more oysters than called for in the recipe. Then, I added:
boiled potatoes
1 can Campbell's ready to serve clam chowder (couldn't find cream of oyster
chopped celery
crumbled bacon
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