Shelly's Recipe

CREAMY SHRIMP BISQUE

Category: Soups

3 cup water
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup diced potatoes
1 tbsp chopped parsley
1 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 lb. shrimp, cooked
2 cup milk
2 tbsp flour
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, cut up into pieces
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Precook shrimp (put in a pot of boiling water until shrimp turn color and begin to float) saving 1 cup water from shrimp.

Combine 2 cups water with 1 cup of shrimp water. Add carrots, onion, celery, potatoes, salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce and parsley. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook covered 15 minutes.

Stir in cream cheese until melted and add milk. Blend together butter and flour and add to bisque. Stir in shrimp (other seafood, if desired). Cook and stir until mixture thickens and bubbles.

Makes 6-8 Servings