oyster stew

Creamy shellfish soup

Oyster stew is a simple soup of oysters cooked gently in milk or cream with butter, typically seasoned only with salt and pepper.

Unlike heartier chowders, it relies on the oysters themselves for flavor rather than vegetables or thickeners: We always have oyster stew on Christmas Eve.

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culinary preparation method

oyster stewraw oysters

Uncooked bivalve mollusks served fresh

fried oysters · oysters Rockefeller · smoked oysters · oyster po'boy

seafood ingredient

oyster stewclam chowder

Creamy mollusk soup

seafood gumbo · bouillabaisse · New England clam chowder · fish stew · cioppino

dietary category

oyster stewvegetable stew

Slow-cooked mixed produce dish

lentil stew · tomato bisque

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G