Frank's Cream of Crab Soup

Submitted by Chalsea

"My Uncle Frank makes the best cream of crab soup! He luckily gave me the recipe... it's wonderful!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 2 small potatoes, peeled and cut into medium dice
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 cups half-and-half
• 2 cups milk
• 1 lb crabmeat (picked over for shells)
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry (optional)
• 1 tablespoon parsley

directions

1. In soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
2. Add onion, saute for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add potatoes, old bay, and mustard.
4. Decrease heat to low, cook, stirring often until potatoes are barely tender (30 minutes). Remove from heat.
5. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Return to medium heat and stir constantly about 2 minutes.
6. Slowly pour in half and half and milk, stirring constantly.
7. Cook over med-low heat, stirring often until thickened.
8. Add the crabmeat, simmer about 15-20 minutes.
9. When ready to serve, stir in sherry and parsley.

Reviews

[Graciebonica]

I made this soup for dinner tonight and it was delicious!! This recipe is rich and flavorful, and it is very easy to prepare. The only change I made was to add the crab meat during the last five minutes of the cooking time-- that way the crab meat pieces don't flake apart. Thanks, Uncle Frank and Chalsea!

 

[sandrakendall]

I made Franks cream of Crab soup. It was excellent. The only change that I would make would be to eliminate the salt.The old bay seasoning was enough