Oyster Stew

Preparation info
  • Four

    servings.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons (½ stick) butter
  • 1 onion, finely minced

Method

  1. Heat the butter in a 2-quart saucepan and cook the onion and celery until onion is translucent. Add the milk and cream and bring barely to a boil.

  2. Add the undrained oysters and return just to a boil. When the oysters start to curl at the edges, which they sho