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Maryland Crab Soup (Tomato-Based Vegetable Crab Soup)

Name: Maryland Crab Soup (Tomato-Based Vegetable Crab Soup)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: jumbo lump crab meat 300 g; canned tomatoes, chopped 400 g; tomato juice 500 ml; water 250 ml; potato, diced 200 g; carrot, sliced 120 g; celery, sliced 80 g; yellow onion, chopped 100 g; green beans, cut 100 g; corn kernels 100 g; lima beans 100 g; Old Bay seasoning 4 g; Worcestershire sauce 10 ml; butter 30 g; fine salt 6 g; black pepper 2 g; flat-leaf parsley 10 g

A tomato-based soup with crab meat, vegetables and Old Bay seasoning.

75 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

The line between a crab soup and a crab stew has been contested on the Chesapeake for a long time, and the Old Bay in this one is not optional decoration. The tomatoes give a broth that is thinner than a stew, and crab meat goes in at the end so it stays in pieces rather than dissolving. Blue crabs are picked by hand, and the shells are used for stock.

Ingredients

jumbo lump crab meat300 g
canned tomatoes, chopped400 g
tomato juice500 ml
water250 ml
potato, diced200 g
carrot, sliced120 g
celery, sliced80 g
yellow onion, chopped100 g
green beans, cut100 g
corn kernels100 g
lima beans100 g
Old Bay seasoning4 g
Worcestershire sauce10 ml
butter30 g
fine salt6 g
black pepper2 g
flat-leaf parsley10 g

Directions

1
Sauté onion, carrot and celery in butter 8 minutes.
2
Add tomatoes, juice, water, potato, green beans, corn, lima beans, Old Bay and Worcestershire; simmer 30 minutes.
3
Stir in crab meat and heat through 4 minutes; do not boil.
4
Season with salt and pepper; rest 5 minutes.
5
Top with parsley.

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