Cream of Crab Soup Recipe

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One of our Chesapeake Bay delicacies is the Maryland Blue Crab. It's abundant from May through October and used in a variety of dishes, like this rich soup.

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Cream of Crab Soup Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 25 min.
  • Yield: 6-8 Servings
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15 10 25

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons seafood seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 4 cups milk
  • 1 pound fresh crabmeat or 3 cans (6 ounces) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
  • Additional milk and parsley, optional

Directions

  • Melt butter in a 3-qt. saucepan; stir in flour, seafood seasoning, salt and curry powder. Cook until thickened and bubbly. Gradually add milk; cook and stir until mixture is hot (do not boil).
  • Remove cartilage from crab if necessary. Add crab and parsley to soup; cook and stir just until crab is heated. If desired, thin soup with additional milk; garnish with parsley. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 262 calories, 17 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 104 mg cholesterol, 878 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 16 g protein.

Originally published as Cream of Crab Soup in Country December/January 1997, p49

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Reviewed on May. 07, 2013 by thorpydorpy

AMAZING!! It was my first attempt trying crab soup and it turned out great. I added about 1/4 cup of Sherry at the end and it was perfection!

Reviewed on Oct. 31, 2012 by ChesapeakeGem

My man has mentioned he would love oysters in this soup, sounds great!

Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2012 by MrsArica

Great tasting and easy to make.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2010 by Karen K Loos

This soup has a very good flavor. I used 6 ounce foil packets of crab instead of canned crab.

Reviewed on Mar. 27, 2009 by SusanMarie1956

I LOVE THIS!!!

I used Old Bay for the seaoning!!!

~ Susan

Reviewed on Feb. 10, 2009 by poop4honey

i love you mommie

 
 
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