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Famous Maryland Crab Soup Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Rottman / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago This is a regional favorite of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:6	Rottman
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Ingredients

1 ca chicken broth, 32 oz

1 ca chicken broth, 15 oz

1 ca niblets corn, 15 oz

1 ca cut green beans, 15 oz

1 ca young peas, 8 oz

1 ca sliced carrots, 8 1/2 oz

1/2 hd cabbage

1/2 stick butter

1/4 cup water

1/2 lg onion, chopped

2 lg stalks of celery, chopped

3 - 4 me potatoes, chopped

1 8 oz can special crab meat

seasonings:

3 Tb heinz catsup

1 1/2 Tb old bay seasoning

4 shakes worcestershire sauce

3 shakes tabasco sauce

1 tsp garlic salt

1 tsp celery salt

1 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Directions

Cut the cabbage into smal pieces and cook in the chicken broth until soft.

Dice potatoes and cook in water until you can poke with a fork. Then transfer to the cabbage pot.

Slice celery and onion and saute in 1/2 stick butter and 1/4 cup water until almost done. Do not brown, as can be easily done in butter. Add all ingredients to potatoes and soup stock. Season lightly with catsup and other seasonings. Watch for right color, then Old Bay (1 Tb) then Worcestershire (few dashes) then the rest of seasonings. Bring to taste by adding salt and pepper last.

Note: The seasonings can make or break this recipe. Not enough and it's cabbage soup; too much and it's worcestershire sauce with vegetables. I've made it both ways. My preference is to put the soup in the refrigerator for a day or so, then season it in a smaller pot on the stove before bringing it to the table. Ketchup and worchestershire are the two key ingredients. Add enough of both so that you can just taste each. If you can smell the crab meat, you do not have enough worcestershire sauce. That's a pretty good indicator.

Wonderful soup - Chesapeake's bounty soup.

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Comments

22566 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Like your directions on the Note.

Thank-you for the recipe.

elgab89 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Keep them coming! I love crab!

greekgirrrl 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Gotta love it!

rottman 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Me too!

notyourmomma 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Thanks for the notes on how to get it right!! Sounds wonderful. Great combination.

rottman 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Hope you like it.

binky67 1 year ago said:
Crrrraaabbbbb! :-)

rottman 1 year ago said:
I made this soup again this afternoon and tried to mark the amounts of the various spices in an edited version of the recipe. You may have to tweek them to your liking.

notyourmomma 10 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Wonderful and thanks for the update! Have a great day.

chef_irish 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Fabulous Soup Recipe
High 5

sitbynellie 6 months ago said:
This looks fantastic! I have got to try this! Bookmarked and printed. Thanks very much.

rottman 6 months ago said:
You'll like it. Thanks for the comments.

viejoverde 2 months, 1 week ago said:
Very nice

strlslvr 1 month, 2 weeks ago said:
I'm so homesick for the Maryland/Cape Coast and this is perfect for the turn our midwest weather has just taken! Tx you rottman - looking forward to more of your recipes. :)

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