Any good Recipes for crab soup?

Question

not to spicy please

Answer 1

Crab Soup.

1/4 cup margarine

1/4 cup celery, chopped

1/4 cup flour

6 to 10 drops hot pepper sauce

5 cups skim milk

16 ounces flaked imitation crab meat (3 1/2 cups)

1/4 cup scallions, sliced

Salt to taste

Melt margarine in large saucepan. Add celery, cook 3 minutes.

Add flour and stir over low heat until frothy. Cook additional 3 minutes, stirring often.

Add hot pepper sauce. Gradually stir in milk. Increase heat and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Allow to simmer and thicken 10 minutes.

Add crab meat and scallions.  

Serve immediately.

Answer 2

my favorite..  

Crab Broccoli Bisque

1/2 cup sliced leeks or green onions (white portion only)

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

1 cup chopped fresh broccoli florets

1 garlic clove, minced

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 bay leaf

3 cups chicken broth (canned works fine)

1 cup half-and-half cream

1 cup shredded Swiss cheese

1 can (6 oz.) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed (you can use imitation crab meat)

In a large saucepan, saute leeks, mushrooms, broccoli and garlic in butter until tender. Add flour, thyme, pepper and bay leaf; mix well. Stir in the broth and cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 min. or until thickened.

Add the cheese and crab; stir until cheese is melted and soup is heated through. Discard bay leaf before serving.

Answer 3

FAMOUS MARYLAND CRAB SOUP

1 can (46 oz.) chicken broth

2 cans (14 1/4 oz.) chicken broth

2 cans (11 oz.) niblets corn

2 cans (16 oz.) cut green beans

1 can (15 oz.) young peas

1 can (8 oz.) mushroom pieces

1 can (8 1/4 oz.) sliced carrots

1 lg. head of cabbage

1 lg. onion

4 lg. stalks of celery

5 med. potatoes

2 (12 oz.) containers of special crab meat

SEASONINGS:

Heinz catsup

Old Bay seasoning

Worcestershire sauce

Tabasco sauce

Garlic salt

Celery salt

Salt and pepper

Chop head of cabbage and cook until well done in chicken broth. Slice celery and saute in butter and water until almost done. Dice potatoes and cook in water until almost done. Chop and saute onions in butter until well done (not browned). Add all ingredients to cabbage and soup stock season to taste, start with catsup, watch for right color then Old Bay then Worcestershire then the rest of seasonings including salt and pepper.

Answer 4

Cream soup base as in chicken or fish stock thickened with roux, frozen mixed vegetables (corn, peas, lima beans etc.), blue crab meat, cream and dry sherry.

Hint: If you can find pasteurized claw meat, it's usually much cheaper than backfin or lump and has great flavor