Creamy Crab Soup Recipes

KARYN'S CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, blend flour and hollandaise sauce mix with 2 cups half-and-half.
• Melt butter in a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add hollandaise mixture, stirring constantly until thickened. Add remaining half-and-half, Old Bay, dry mustard, celery seed, and whipping cream. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to low. Add crabmeat and sherry, stirring gently until warmed through. Serve immediately.

CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• 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.

CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan on medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 5 minutes or until softened. Add flour Old Bay and parsley; whisk until well blended. Whisking constantly gradually add milk. Bring just to boil.Stir in crabmeat. Reduce heat to low; simmer 20 minutes stirring occasionally.Stir in sherry if desired. Heat 1 to 2 minutes. Sprinkle with additional Old Bay if desired.

AWARD WINNING MARYLAND CREAM OF CRAB SOUP RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• Prepare the lump crab meat by gently picking pick through to remove as much cartilage as you can find. Try to preserve as much of the lumpy texture as you can. A small side bowl of room temperature water will help to get the cartilage off your fingers as you work. Discard cartilage. Set crab meat aside. Bring milk, half and half, and heavy whipping cream to a boil. Add 1/3 crab meat, fresh parsley, 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning, butter, salt, and pepper. When it starts to boil, make a paste of cornstarch, and cold water, tap or otherwise, or cold chicken stock. Start by added the cornstarch to a small bowl and slowly whisking in the liquid until a paste forms. Whisk the paste into the soup to prevent lumps and whisk until the soup has thickened. If lumps do form continue whisking until they have been whisked out. Add another 1/3 of the crab meat, stirring gently to preserve the lumps of the lump crab meat, just until crab is heated through. Soup should be fairly thick. Garnish with remaining crab and a dash of remaining Old Bay.

CREAMY SHE-CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Fill the bottom of a double boiler halfway with water. Bring to a low boil. Melt butter in top of double boiler, add flour and stir until smooth.
• Gradually add milk, stirring constantly until smooth. Add onion, mace, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and crab meat with roe. Cook over simmering water for 20 minutes.
• To serve, place 1 tablespoon of warmed sherry in each of 4 or 6 soup bowls (depends on how much soup you want). Ladle soup into bowls, top with a dollop of whipped cream, and sprinkle with fresh snipped parsley.

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.

AWARD-WINNING MARYLAND CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Bring milk, half and half, and heavy whipping cream to a boil. Add crab meat, fresh parsley, Old Bay Seasoning, butter, salt and pepper. When it starts to boil, make a paste of cornstarch and water and add to thicken soup.
• To serve, sprinkle each serving with a bit of Old Bay and chopped parsley. Serve with oyster crackers and a small cream pitcher of sherry on the side for diners to add to taste. That's how we do it in Maryland!

FRANK'S CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• In soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add onion, saute for 2-3 minutes.
• Add potatoes, old bay, and mustard.
• Decrease heat to low, cook, stirring often until potatoes are barely tender (30 minutes). Remove from heat.
• Whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Return to medium heat and stir constantly about 2 minutes.
• Slowly pour in half and half and milk, stirring constantly.
• Cook over med-low heat, stirring often until thickened.
• Add the crabmeat, simmer about 15-20 minutes.
• When ready to serve, stir in sherry and parsley.

CREAMY CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Heat dressing in medium saucepan on medium-high heat. Add onions; cook 5 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Add cream cheese; cook until completely melted, stirring constantly. Stir in broth and coconut milk.
• Cut small slit in pepper. Add to soup with crabmeat and parsley; stir. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, combine corn and cilantro.
• Remove and discard pepper. Ladle soup into 6 bowls; top with corn mixture. Serve with lime wedges.