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Maryland crab soup
Spicy tomato and vegetable soup with blue crab
Maryland crab soup is the red, vegetable-packed soup of Baltimore crab houses and Eastern Shore church fundraisers, simmered in a beef broth with tomatoes, corn, beans and lots of crab seasoning, with blue crab meat stirred in at the end. Locals eat a cup before a tray of steamed crabs. Chef's tip: let the vegetables cook fully before the crab goes in; crab meat only needs warming, and stirring too much shreds it.
- Total time
- 70 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 oniondiced
- 2 celery sticksdiced
- 2 carrotsdiced
- 5 cups beef stock
- 14 oz chopped tomatoes
- 10 ½ oz potatoespeeled, 1.5 cm dice
- 3 ½ oz green beansin 2 cm lengths
- 5 ½ oz sweetcorn kernels
- 3 ½ oz frozen peas
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 10 ½ oz white crab meatpicked over for shell
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Heat the 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a large pot over a medium heat and cook the 1 onion, 2 celery sticks and 2 carrots for 8 minutes until softened.
8 minStep 2: Add the 5 cups beef stock, 14 oz chopped tomatoes, 10 ½ oz potatoes, 1 tbsp Chesapeake-style seafood seasoning (celery salt, paprika, mustard, pepper) and 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.
22 minStep 3: Add the 3 ½ oz green beans and 5 ½ oz sweetcorn kernels and simmer 10 minutes, then the 3 ½ oz frozen peas for 3 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender.
13 minStep 4: Feel through the 10 ½ oz white crab meat for shell, then add it and heat gently for 3–4 minutes until piping hot. A common mistake is boiling hard once the crab is in, which breaks it into threads.
4 minStep 5: Taste and add more seasoning if you like it hotter, then serve with crackers.
1 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 24 g
- Fat
- 6 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does maryland crab soup take?
- About 70 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 50 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of celery sticks?
- Fennel, same weight.
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