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Maryland Crab Soup




Source of Recipe


Submitted by Cindy Chaney


Recipe Introduction


Genuine Chesapeake Bay cuisine, this soup contains lima beans, corn, carrots, onions and Maryland blue back-fin crab meat and crab claws. Old Bay seasoning is required for authentic taste


List of Ingredients




2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
3 cups water
1 cup fresh lima beans
1 cup frozen corn kernels
1 cup sliced carrots
2 tablespoons chopped onion
2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning TM
2 cups beef broth
1 pound blue crab crabmeat
10 blue crab claws, steamed
1 gallon water


Recipe



1. Place whole tomatoes, water, lima beans, corn, sliced carrots, chopped onion, Old Bay seasoning, and beef broth, in a 4 quart pot. Heat to simmer, cover,and cook for 5 minutes.
2. Bring 1 gallon water to boil. Add crab claws and boil 6 minutes. Drain crab and set aside
3. Stir crabmeat (and crabs claws,if desired) into tomato and vegetable mixture. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes longer. Serve hot.