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Chesapeake bay crab soup

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Ingredients/Components

flour - 1 Tbsp
butter - 3 Tbsp
cream - 2 c
salt and pepper - 1 item
tomatoes, chopped - 1 c
onions, chopped - 2 item
diced carrots - 1 c
crab meat - 2 c
diced potatoes - 4 c
Old Bay seasoning - 3 Tbsp
green peas - 2 c
fresh corn - 2 c
lima beans - 1 c
hard shell crabs live - 12 item
crab legs, cooked

How to make chesapeake bay crab soup:

Cook all vegetables together in water, barely enough to cover, and let simmer 1 hour. In another pot, boil crabs very gently 1/2 hour. Remove from water and cut into small pieces, shells and all. Put into vegetables along with liquid in which the crabs were cooked. Add crab meat and legs. Simmer gently 1 hour. Warm a little water in a saucepan. Work butter and flour in and add cream, stirring carefully. Stir this mixture into crab soup. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe categories: Soups & stews, Shellfish, Crab.

Rating:

3.6

Average rating: 3.6, total votes: 7

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