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Recipe: Maryland Crab Soup

Do-It-Yourself has never tasted so good as with this vegetable-based “Maryland” favorite crab soup.

This is not the Cream of Crab (which is also delicious). So, if you want to cook up a pot of Maryland Crab Soup for the weekend – here’s what it takes…

Ingredients:

Maryland Crab Soup
Bowl of Maryland Crab Soup
  • 1 doz well seasoned Maryland Steamed Crabs
  • 3 lbs mixed frozen vegetables
  • 2 lbs frozen corn
  • 2 lbs frozen string beans
  • bay leaves
  • Old bay Seasoning
  • Oregano
  • 1 16 oz can tomato sauce
  • A few cans tomato paste
  • 1 lb fresh bacon
  • Sea salt

Directions:

  1. Place the crabs in a large pot
  2. Add enough water to completely cover the crabs.
  3. Bring the water to a boil and boil the crabs for 15 to 20 minutes. You will know when they are done because they will be bright orange.
  4. While the crabs are boiling, cut the bacon into 1 inch pieces and cook in a separate pan.
  5. When the crabs are done, remove the crabs from the pot and place them aside to cool. Tip: They will cool faster if you go ahead and break them open.
  6. Add the tomato sauce and 3 cans of water to the pot.
  7. Add the frozen mixed vegetable, frozen corn, and frozen string beans to the pot.
  8. Toss in the Old Bay Seasoning, a couple of bay leaves, and a couple of dashes of oregano.
  9. Add the crabs back to the pot and add the bacon as well.
  10. Simmer on low for 2 to 3 hours.
  11. Add the tomato paste to the soup to help thicken it up some. How much you will need depends on how think you like it. It should not be very thick, but you definitely want it to be a little thicker than water.
  12. Add the potatoes to the soup and let it cook until the potatoes are soft.
  13. Taste the soup and add more Old Bay Seasoning and sea salt to taste.
  14. Ladle into bowl and enjoy!

Variations:

  • If you want to save your family, friends, guests, the trouble, do not add the whole crabs back into the soup at step 9. You will want to pick the crab meat out of the crabs first and add just the crab meat.
  • If picking the crab meat out of the crabs is too much trouble, then you can certainly buy tubs of crab meat by the pound at a grocery store or market, but beware, it won’t taste as good!

Tips:

Buy:

  • Don’t always have time to make your own?
  • Pick up some already made Crab Soup from your local market or even from Amazon.
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Recipe: Maryland Cream of Crab Soup

Do-It-Yourself has never tasted so good as with this “favorite” creamy and smooth Maryland cream of crab soup.

This is not your “regular” Maryland crab soup (which is vegetable based and also delicious) – this is creamy and smooth – Maryland cream of crab soup. So, you want to make up a pot for weekend guests or just for your family? Here’s what it takes…

Cream of Crab Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 quart half and half
  • 1 pint milk
  • 2 pints heavy whipping cream
  • 1 pound Maryland jumbo lump crab meat
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
  • 3 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • cornstarch

Directions:

  1. Bring the milk, half and half, and heavy whipping cream to a boil.
  2. Add the crab meat, fresh parsley, Old Bay seasoning, butter, salt, and pepper. If you like spice, you may choose to taste the soup at this point to see if you need to add more Old Bay seasoning.
  3. When the Cream of Crab Soup starts to boil, make a paste of cornstarch and water and gradually add the cornstarch mixture to the soup until it is your desired level of thickness.
  4. Serve in a bowl, or even better, a bread bowl and sprinkle a pinch of old bay on top of the soup and add a sprig of fresh parsley to garnish.

Fun facts about this recipe:

  • Maryland style crabs are blue crabs, the kind of crab that is found in great quantities in the Chesapeake Bay which is in Maryland and Virginia. The Old Bay seasoning is one other factor that makes this Cream of Crab soup a Maryland Cream of Crab Soup. Old Bay seasoning is a very popular seafood seasoning that was developed by McCormick & Company which is based out of the Baltimore, Maryland area.

Tips:

Buy:

  • Don’t always have time to make your own?
  • Pick up some already made Maryland Cream of Crab Soup from your local market or even from Amazon.
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Crab & Seafood Recipes

Maryland and Eastern Shore style recipes for Chesapeake Blue Crabs, crab cakes, crab soup and other seafood.

This recipe section is currently being assembled with a few interesting recipes contributed by readers. We certainly don’t want to use anything copied from a seafood cookbook. A few more are in the works as you read this…

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It’s all about the Maryland crabs, right?