Maryland Crab Soup

Genuine Chesapeake Bay cuisine, this soup contains lima beans, corn, carrots, onions and Maryland blue back-fin crab meat and crab claws. Old Bay seasoning is required for authentic taste.

• 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
• 1 pound blue crab crabmeat (Optional)
• 10 blue crab claws, steamed (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place whole tomatoes, water, lima beans, corn, sliced carrots, chopped onion, Old Bay seasoning, and beef broth, in a 4 quart pot. Heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 2

Bring 1 gallon water to boil. Add crab claws and boil 6 minutes. Drain crab and set aside

Step 3

Stir crabmeat (and crabs claws, if desired) into tomato and vegetable mixture. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes longer. Serve hot.