Corn Soup With Radish And Crab Recipes

CRABMEAT AND CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a heavy-bottomed pot, melt butter, add flour, and stir gently until blended; do not burn or let it darken. Add milk gradually, stirring all the while, then add half and half, stirring gently while blending. Add corn and green onions, and cook for a few minutes until tender.
• Add crabmeat, pepper, salt, and soy sauce and simmer until very hot and small bubbles form around the edge; do not let boil. Adjust seasonings to taste. Garnish with sprinkles of chopped fresh parsley when serving and serve hot.
• Variations: You may use 4 cobs of fresh corn instead of frozen or canned. Cut the kernels off the cob, scrape cob for juices, and then add to soup. Cook until corn is tender. Canned crabmeat or imitation crab may be used instead of fresh crabmeat. Use one 7 1/2-ounce can crabmeat (drained) and 8 ounces imitation crab (cut into small pieces). Combine the two and cook as noted above.

CRAWFISH AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan, over medium heat. Add the onions, corn and crawfish and saute for about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the cream, broth and crabmeat and bring to a high simmer, but do not boil. Cook for about 10 minutes to meld flavors, then reduce the heat to low. Add the potatoes, green onions, cream cheese and cayenne pepper. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, to taste.
• To finish, stir in the 2 egg yolks, lime juice, chopped parsley and grated cheese. Ladle into serving bowls and serve. Great dish.

CORN SOUP WITH RADISH AND CRAB

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in onion and garlic, and season with 1 teaspoon salt and peppercorns. Let cook until onions are soft and translucent, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut kernels off corncobs with a sharp knife. Set corn aside, reserving cobs.
• Add 8 cups water to the onion mixture along with the reserved corncobs. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and let simmer until liquid is reduced by almost half and is milky and very flavorful, about 1 hour. Remove corncobs, scraping as much liquid as possible off cobs back into the pan. Discard cobs. Cool corn stock to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add reserved corn kernels, and blanch 1 minute. Remove from heat, strain, and run under cold water to stop the cooking.
• Set aside 1/3 cup corn kernels for garnish. Combine remaining kernels and cooled corn stock in the bowl of a food processor, working in batches if necessary. Process until smooth. Transfer mixture to a fine sieve set over a bowl. Press down hard on solids to extract liquid; discard solids. Stir in milk to thin soup to desired consistency; transfer liquid to refrigerator. Chill.
• Meanwhile, pick over crabmeat, removing any shells or cartilage. Season with lime juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Grate radishes using small holes of box grater, and set aside. Snip chives into 1/4-inch pieces with sharp kitchen scissors; set aside.
• Adjust seasoning of chilled soup with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into soup bowls. Place 1/4 cup crabmeat mixture in each. Divide remaining 1/3 cup corn among bowls, and garnish with grated radish and snipped chives. If desired, grate fresh nutmeg and/or sprinkle cayenne over each bowl, and serve.

CORN AND RADISH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook corn until fragrant and tender, 8 to 12 minutes. Remove ears, and hold under cold water until completely cool.
• Working in a large bowl, slice kernels from cob (to yield about 2 cups). Toss with radishes, jalapeno, lime juice, and olive oil. Season generously with coarse salt. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

CREAMY CORN CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the broth, corn and potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool slightly. , In a blender, puree half of the corn mixture. Return to pan. Stir in the crab, milk and pepper; cook over low heat until heated through (do not boil). If desired, top with fresh cracked pepper, chives and crushed red pepper flakes.

CORN CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté the chopped, white portion of green onions in the butter.
• Add cream of celery soup, half-and-half and milk. Bring to boil.
• Add white corn and cream corn. Bring to oil.
• Add Italian salad dressing and Zatarain's liquid crab boil concentrate.
• Add crabmeat.
• Cook in covered pot on medium-low heat for about an hour, stirring about every 10 minutes.
• Add the chopped green onion tops either just before serving, or just before cooking for the hour.
• *feel free to doctor w scallops or shrimp, but put shrimp in later than crab or scallops or they'll taste gummy.
• *freezes/reheats well.

JIFFY CORN CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• I place the first 3 ingredients in a food processor;.
• Pulsing for a second or two just until the onion is chopped.
• Pour mixture into a saucepan;.
• Add cream, crab and corn and cook on low for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Heat and serve!
• *Freshcrabmeat can be substituted for the canned variety.

CORN AND CRAB SOUP WITH CRISPY TORTILLA STRIPS

Steps:

• Break corn cobs in half and place in large pot. Add chicken broth, 1 cup water, cilantro stems, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes. Strain liquid into 4-cup measuring cup; discard solids in strainer. Add enough additional water to corn broth to measure 4 cups.
• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion; saut until tender and translucent, about 8 minutes. Add garlic, jalapeño, ancho chile powder, and lime peel; stir 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Reserve 1/3 cup crabmeat for garnish. Combine 2 cups corn kernels and 1 cup corn broth in blender; puree until almost smooth. Add to saucepan with onion mixture. Add remaining 3 cups corn broth and 1 1/2 cups corn kernels; bring to simmer. Add remaining crabmeat, 1 teaspoon lime juice, and 1/3 cup chopped cilantro leaves. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and more lime juice, if desired.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Top each serving with some of reserved crabmeat. Sprinkle each with remaining chopped cilantro leaves and Crispy Tortilla Strips and serve.

EASY CORN AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Wrap potato cubes in plastic wrap, and microwave for 30 seconds. Set aside.
• In a saute pan, cook bacon over medium heat until heated through, and add chopped onions. Cook and stir until onions are clear. Stir in crab meat and parsley flakes. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a large stock pot over low heat. Whisk in flour until mixture becomes creamy and takes on a eggshell color. Continue to cook for a few more minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in wine. Dissolve chicken bouillon in milk; when the flour mixture is crumbly, slowly whisk in the milk. Mix well in order to eliminate all lumps.
• When the mixture is creamy and hot, stir in bacon mixture, cubed potatoes, and creamed corn. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• For a creamy curry variation add 2 tablespoons curry powder after adding the wine to the flour mixture, and substitute cooked, cubed chicken for the bacon.

CHILLED CORN SOUP WITH CRAB AND CHILE OIL

Steps:

• Cook corn in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl of ice and cold water to chill ears quickly. When cold, cut off kernels and scrape cobs over a bowl to extract juice, then purée in batches in a blender with milk, salt, and pepper. Force purée through a very fine sieve into a bowl (discard solids) and stir in chives.
• Cut crab shell with kitchen shears and extract meat, then cut into 1/4-inch pieces.
• Serve soup drizzled with chile oil and sprinkled with crabmeat.