Maryland Crab Soup Recipe

Serves/Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients:

• 1 pound backfin crab meat, picked over for shells
• 1 pound stew beef, cut up
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 quarts water
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 medium onions, diced
• 1 package frozen mixed vegetables, or use fresh vegetables
• 8 potatoes, diced
• Leftover vegetable juice, if available
• 4 carrots, sliced
• 1 cup tomato soup or juice
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 can stewed tomatoes, optional
• 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce, or to taste, optional
• Old Bay Seasoning

How to cook Maryland Crab Soup:

• Flour the beef and brown in oil in a Dutch oven. Add water, oregano, salt, pepper and onions. Bring to a full boil and simmer for 1 hour.
• Add potatoes, carrots, and celery. Cook for 10 minutes.
• Add frozen or fresh vegetables and cook for another 20 minutes. (If using canned vegetables, cook to heat only.)
• Add tomato soup or juice, stewed tomatoes, spices, Tabasco and crab meat. Cook another 5 minutes. Adjust seasonings.
• Serve the Maryland Crab Soup hot with crusty bread or crackers.

Note:
The Maryland Crab Soup recipe is delicious, simple, and really easy to cook.

Tips:
You may want to cook the soup in the top of a double boiler to avoid scorching.
You can transfer the soup to a crock-pot after it’s made to keep it warm until serving time.

Comments:

Maryland Crab Soup – A soup made of vegetables, blue crab, and Old Bay Seasoning in a tomato base. From Maryland, USA.

This recipe for Maryland Crab Soup serves/makes: 8 servings

Main Ingredient: Crab 
Preparation Method: Soup/Stew 
Cuisine: American