Cream of Crab Soup

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield 8 servings

You don't need the patience to wait for soup to simmer all day when this cream of crab soup comes together in minutes. Grab your favorite soup crackers and dig in!

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.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 262 calories, 17g fat (10g saturated fat), 104mg cholesterol, 878mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 16g protein.

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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