Time 35m Yield 6 Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until it begins to foam. Cook and stir the celery, onion, and red bell pepper in the hot butter until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir the half-and-half and parsley through the vegetable mixture; season with salt and black pepper. Continue cooking until the mixture just begins to boil; add the oysters and any liquid from the can to the stew along with Louisiana-style hot sauce. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the oysters begin to curl, 10 to 15 minutes more. Remove the saucepan from heat and allow the stew to sit 5 minutes before serving.
Time 20m Yield 4 Number Of Ingredients 8 Steps:
Melt butter in 1 1/2-quart saucepan over low heat. Stir in oysters. Cook, stirring occasionally, just until edges curl. Heat milk and half-and-half in 2-quart saucepan over medium-low heat until hot. Stir in salt, pepper and oyster mixture; heat until hot. Garnish with parsley and bell pepper.
Time 35m Yield 10-12 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 9 Steps:
Melt 2 sticks of butter in a large skillet over medium heat, add the celery and shallots and saute until the shallots are translucent. Pour half-and-half into a large pot over medium-high heat. Mix in 2 sticks of 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 Tabasco sauce. Stir continuously until the oysters curl at the ends. When the oysters curl the stew is finished cooking; turn off the heat and serve. Add celery salt and paprika to each bowl along with a 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoon square of butter from the remaining sticks.
Time 5h20m Yield 4-6 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 6 Steps:
Add milk, butter and oysters with their juice to a double boiler or a large pot that fits inside of another pot. Fill the bottom pot as full of water as you can without it running over. Add a little celery salt, salt and pepper and then heat on low. Cook very slowy so the milk won’t boil (I start at 1 pm. for dinner at 6 pm). Every now and then stir. After a few hours, do a taste test to adjust seasonings. Serve with oyster crackers.
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Number Of Ingredients 7 Steps:
Drain oysters, reserving the liquid Over medium heat, in a heavy bottomed pot, melt butter Add oysters and seasonings. Saute for roughly 3 minutes or until the edges of the oysters are curled. Add reserved oyster liquid, half & half and thyme. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove thyme and serve.
