Crab And Tomato Soup Recipes

TOMATO AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add scallions, lemongrass, and chile and cook until softened, 3-4 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook until softened, 5-6 minutes. Stir in chicken stock, coconut milk, orange juice, and fish sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors meld, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Working in batches, purée soup in a blender until smooth, about 1 minute per batch. Stir in 1 tablespoon lime juice. Season to taste with salt and more lime juice, if desired. Chill, if desired. Or ladle hot soup into wide shallow bowls. Garnish with crabmeat, pea tendrils, and snow peas.

TOMATO CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion, red pepper and garlic in butter for 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; cook 2-3 minutes longer or until onion is tender. , Whisk in the flour, pepper and salt until blended. Gradually stir in the broth and tomato paste. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in crab and basil. Gradually stir in milk; heat through.

CRAB & TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onion and bell pepper till soft.
• Add crab meat, milks and soup.
• I add salt, pepper, garlic salt, crab boil, seafood seasoning- whatever floats your boat.
• Sometimes I add corn- frozen.
• I add or lessen the milks as to how much I am making- sometimes I add some stewed tomatoes.
• Can be made thicker and served over rice- also good with shrimp.
• Do not boil- the milks will separate and it will be ruined! SIMMER ONLY!
• Good on a cold day!

TOMATO-FENNEL SOUP WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat. Add the fennel and leeks and season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and the red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender, about 25 minutes.
• Add the Sambuca and cook until evaporated, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, chicken broth, heavy cream and ½ cup water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook until the fennel is soft, about 15 minutes.
• Working in batches, transfer the soup to a blender and puree until smooth (or puree in the pot with an immersion blender). Return the soup to the pot; return to a simmer and season with salt. Top each serving with the crab and fennel fronds.

CHILLED TOMATO SOUP AND CRABCAKES

Steps:

• Roughly chop the tomatoes and pass through a food mill into a 4-quart stainless steel mixing bowl. Stir in the balsamic vinegar and the garlic, and then whisk in the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and set aside.
• Add the crab, mayonnaise, chives and lemon juice to a large mixing bowl and mixing gently, combine well. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and blend in 1 tablespoon olive oil until just combined. Form the crab mixture into 4 round patties, approximately 1 1/2 inches high by 1 1/4 inches wide. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a 10 inch non-stick saute pan, and place over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, coat the top and bottom of each crabcake with bread crumbs, transfer to the hot pan, and saute until golden brown. Turn and repeat until crabcake is browned on both sides (note: crabcakes are very delicate, so please be gentle when handling them). To serve, stack the basil leaves and slice thinly. Halve the avocado, remove the pit, and using a spoon, invert the half and insert the spoon between the flesh and the skin gently. Jimmy the spoon gently, working deeper and deeper until the flesh is free from the skin. Dice avocado into medium cubes. Ladle the soup into 4 chilled serving bowls and add one quarter of the avocado to each. Place 1 crabcake in the center of the bowl and sprinkle with chiffonade of basil. Garnish each crabcake with a basil top, and serve.

TOMATO, FENNEL, AND CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, fennel slices, and garlic; sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Sauté until onions and fennel are tender, stirring often and adjusting heat to medium if browning too quickly, about 15 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice and 2 cups broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until flavors blend and vegetables are very tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in crabmeat and add more broth by 1/4 cupfuls to thin soup, if desired; simmer just until heated through, 3 to 4 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Divide soup among bowls. Sprinkle each with chopped fennel fronds. Drizzle each serving with oil. Serve with toasts.

TOMATO SEAFOOD SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion and green pepper in oil until onion is tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa, broth, wine and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. , Add the shrimp, crab and clams. Cover and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until shrimp turn pink.

CREAMY CLAM, CRAB, AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over high heat. Cook the garlic and bok choy in the butter until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the corn, clams, clam juice, diced tomatoes, water, vegetable bouillon, and couscous. Bring to a boil, lower heat to medium-low, and add the crabmeat, cream, lime juice, red wine, garlic salt, and black pepper. Allow the mixture to simmer together until heated through, about 30 minutes.

HOT AND SOUR SOUP WITH IMITATION CRAB

Steps:

• Bring chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan. Add soy sauce, pepper, and chili garlic sauce. Add imitation crab and tofu; boil for 5 minutes. Add vinegar and tahini; boil for 5 minutes.
• Whisk egg in a small cup; slowly pour into the soup and stir a few times. Let boil for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Add coconut and remove from the heat.

ZESTY TOMATO-CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, heat soup and chilies to boiling over medium heat. Reduce heat to low; beat in whipping cream and seasoning with whisk until blended. Cook just until hot (do not boil). Stir in crabmeat.
• Ladle soup into individual small mugs or demitasse cups. Top each serving with thyme.

CREAMY TOMATO CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Saute onion and garlic until tender.
• Stir in flour, salt, and pepper; continue stirring and cooking until bubbly.
• Gradually add the cream, tomato juice, worcestershire sauce, savory, and hot pepper sauce.
• Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Add in the crab; stir until heated through.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper if needed.
• Ladle soup into individual serving bowls.
• Add a dollop of sour cream and sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley.

CREOLE CRAB-MEAT SOUP

Steps:

• Remove the zest from 1 lemon in one long strip, if possible, with a vegetable peeler; set aside. Juice the peeled lemon. Thinly slice the remaining lemon into 4 to 6 pieces; set aside for garnish.
• Melt the butter in a deep, large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat and sauté onion and garlic until soft, about 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes with their juice and the stock and turn the heat up to medium-high. When the mixture boils, turn the heat down to a simmer. Add the bay leaf and the rest of the herbs, the lemon zest strip and 1 1/2 tablespoons of the lemon juice. Simmer, partly covered, for 30 to 45 minutes.
• Add the crab meat and simmer gently until the soup is slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Add the salt, cayenne and more lemon juice, if needed. Discard the bay leaf and parsley and marjoram sprigs. Add another tablespoon of fresh mint at the last minute. After you spoon the soup into bowls, top each serving with a lemon slice.