Kickin Crab Soup Recipes

CORN AND CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat a deep pot over moderate heat. Add oil and butter. As you chop your veggies, add them to the pot: potatoes, celery, onion, and red bell pepper. Add bay leaf to the pot. Season vegetables with salt and pepper and Old Bay seasoning. Saute veggies 5 minutes, then sprinkle in flour. Cook flour 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in broth and combine. Stir in milk and combine. Bring soup up to a bubble. Add corn and crab meat and simmer soup 5 minutes. Adjust the soup seasonings. Remove bay leaf. Ladle soup into bread bowls or soup bowls and top with oyster crackers, hot sauce and sliced scallions.

CRAB AND CORN CHOWDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add flour; cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Gradually add milk; cook and stir until thickened. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 35-40 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving.

COMFORT ZONE CRAB CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. Making the Roux Cook time about 3 - 5 minutes In a medium sauce pan, add olive oil and butter. Once the butter has melted and combined with the olive oil, sprinkle in the flour. Cook over gentle / low heat, stirring constantly with wood spoon, for about 2 minutes. (Your roux should be light yellow color, do not let it get dark.) Remove from heat and gradually stir in room temperature half & half, adding a little at a time and stirring constantly until the cream is incorporated before adding more. When all the milk has been added, return to the heat and cook, stirring until thick and smooth. Then add creole seasonings, cayenne pepper, and old bay seasoning. (See special note about making Roux's) (Set aside for next step).
• 2. let's get down to the chowder In a 3 - 5 quart soup pot, add chicken broth, garlic and onions and let simmer for about 5 minutes. Then add your roux, blend all ingredients well. Now add corn and bell peppers. Season to taste with salt and pepper, let simmer for another 3 - 5 minutes.
• 3. Add the crabmeat to that chowder ! Add crabmeat and be careful not to break up the lumps. Let simmer 3 -5 minutes then serve in soup bowls and garnish with fresh chives. For extra comfort - serve chowder with French bread, crackers or parmesan cheese toast. My Comfort Zone Chowder has crowd pleasing possibilities. Enjoy
• 4. Special Note about Roux's Roux is a cooked mixture of flour and fat, traditionally clarified butter. It is the thickening agent of three of the mother sauces of classical French cooking: sauce béchamel, sauce velouté and sauce espagnole. Butter, vegetable oils, or lard are commonly used fats. It is used as a thickener for gravy, other sauces, soups and stews. It is typically made from equal parts of flour and fat by weight.

KELLY'S KICK'N MD SEAFOOD CHOWDER

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet, saute shrimp with a little butter until they turn pink. This should take 5 minutes or less. Dice and set aside to add later.
• 2. In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, melt 1 1/2 sticks of butter. Saute onions, celery, red bell pepper, garlic, and red potatoes.
• 3. Add to the veggie mixture 1 Tbsp of Old Bay, 1 tsp of Season All, a dash of garlic powder, and 1/2 tsp each of oregano, thyme, and basil.
• 4. Roux: Don't be intimidated, it's easy peasy. Sprinkle flour slowly over sauteed veggies while gently stirring (careful not to break up veggies). Stir from the bottom of the pan until all the flour is absorbed and bubbling.
• 5. Add 32 oz. chicken broth slowly stirring.
• 6. Once all the broth is added and there are no lumps of roux, allow this mixture to simmer about 15 minutes until the potatoes are mostly done. Stir this often from the bottom to avoid burning or sticking.
• 7. Once potatoes are mostly done, slowly add half and half stirring as you add. Start with 1 1/2 quarts.
• 8. Bring the chowder to a simmer. It will thicken as it simmers. The rest of the half and half can be added if it's too thick. NOTE: The optional milk and cream can be added if you want the chowder to be thinner like a soup. But remember, if adding additional milk/cream add additional seasoning. Don't be afraid to kick it up a notch.
• 9. Once the chowder is to desired thickness, add 2 cups of frozen corn and chopped chipotles (seeds removed) with a couple of tablespoons of the Adobo sauce. Reduce heat to a very low simmer for approximately 10 minutes as it continues to thicken. Remember stir from the bottom to avoid sticking.
• 10. Add additional Old Bay a tablespoon at a time. Be liberal with the Old Bay! Plus, salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer for a few minutes to see how you like the flavor.
• 11. Add a few dashes of Frank's Hot Sauce.
• 12. Gently mix in diced shrimp and crab meat trying not to break up the crab.
• 13. Add an additional tablespoon of butter and let rest 5+ minutes with the lid on the pot. Remove from the burner. Serve immediately with/without a dash of brandy.