Maryland Crab Soup

This crab soup recipe is authentic Chesapeake Bay food made with Old Bay, lima beans, corn, carrots, and Maryland blue back-fin crab meat and claws.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 165 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 1 cup sliced carrots
• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 tablespoons chopped onion
• 1 gallon water
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• 2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning TM
• 1 cup fresh lima beans
• 10 blue crab claws, steamed
• 1 pound blue crab crabmeat

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place stewed tomatoes, 3 cups water, beef broth, lima beans, corn, sliced carrots, chopped onion, and Old Bay seasoning in a 4-quart pot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 2

Bring 1 gallon water to a boil in a large pot. Add crab claws and boil for 6 minutes; drain.

Step 3

Stir crabmeat and boiled crab claws into tomato and vegetable mixture. Cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Serve hot.