a spin on chicken buffalo dip. This is a quick and simple meal that is popular at luncheons, parties, and family get-togethers. Excellent tailgating fare. Add extra hot sauce for a spicier dip. Slow cookers are useful for cooking food.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 clove garlic, sliced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup half-and-half cream
- 1 pint fresh shucked oysters
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (Optional)
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper (Optional)
- ¼ cup sherry wine, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, salt, and pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Stir in milk and half-and-half; transfer to the top of a double boiler. If you do not have a double boiler, set the pan of soup over a pan of simmering water.
- When soup is hot, add oysters and heat just until oysters are opaque. Season with fresh parsley, cayenne pepper, and sherry to taste.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 316 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 157 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 953 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It’s fun and easy, just like my mom made.
Simple and delicious. I put 2x the oysters in.
One of my favorite dishes during the winter! absolutely delicious!
Very yummy. I doubled the recipe because I had a lot of oysters but the recipe still turned out very yummy. I think I might try white wine next time but even with the sherry, it was delicious!
This is as close as I can get to my mom’s oyster Christmas stew and I’ll be making it for 10 again this year. It’s awesome. The only thing I won’t have is the celery this year, but it comes out so sweet and rich. …and I add a few more oysters cuz we’re pigs 🙂
Excellent! The oysters in a can we bought were not good. Next time fresh and just shucked!
We made this oyster stew recipe. I thought it was similar to the one from my childhood. It was not. Do not add sherry to this recipe. It will cause the stew to curdle. It was inedible. And sad.
I added almost a pint of half and half and only 1/8 cup sherry. Hubby wanted more liquid. Once I added more half n half, I added more salt and pepper. I used Ghee to cook oysters in before adding liquid, instead of butter. Added some chopped green onion for color. It was delicious and easy. Will make again!
The real deal. No need to change a thing.
It was ok, I just didn’t find it very flavorful compared to the recipe I grew up with. It also started separating on me even though I didn’t bring it to a boil and I added the juice from the oysters. I did like the bit of garlic and sherry that was added though. I’ll just stick to milk next time.
Omitted wine. Used 16 oz. canned oysters, 1/4 tsp. minced garlic.
mine is cooked the same way only i use evaporate milk 1 1/2 c ., with 1/2 regular milk and 1/2 tsp celery salt,1/4 tsp pepper,1/4 tsp paprika and a dash of worcestershire sauce. so delish i have been waiting for this day to come for my first pot of stew and i dont share. seems like summer last forever. i was alwys told not to eat them in the months with no R? is that true?? Sandra Pleasants
I revised using Heavy Cream and I have to admit the Sherry Sparked this into the Memories of all on Christmas Eve Night! Sister hated Oysters and she really loved this, and you know that was all I needed for thanks. Going to repeat this for Christmas 2011 too!
I’m not an oyster fan but my husband is. Not sure why this turned kinda gray as you can see by my picture. He said the flavor was right on but it looked so unappetizing. Thanks for the recipe though, it sure was easy and fast.
My father in law has always made Oyster stew for my family on special occasions. This valentines I wanted to make something special and my 10 year old requested Papa’s Oyster stew. This was the recipe I chose and it was a good one. Papa does not add the pepper but we did and enjoyed it.
Simple easy and fast. I didn’t have sherry wine. I took three oysters and put them in blender, blended them very fine and added them to the milk for a strong oyster taste. I didn’t like to use two pots for this soup. My husband didn’t mind washing an extra pot since he loved the soup.
I made a double batch of this for me and a friend (we ate the soup as the main course). It was great! My mom makes oyster stew as well, but its a bit different than this…. I made THIS recipe and it was delicious! Thanks.
By adding the oysters with their juice to the butter mixture in the pan you do not have to deal with a double boiler. Simply simmer the oysters until the edges just begin to curl; add the milk and heat through while keeping a close watch as not to boil. I tried a tiny bowl with a touch of sherry and didn’t care for it so left it out of the remainder. I did add about 1/2 teaspoon of celery seed along with the other seasonings.
Excellent recipe for a quick stew that tastes like it took hours to make!