Chili Crab Shrimp Soup Recipes

CHILI CRAB SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon pieces in a big pot; when nice and crispy, remove bacon and set aside.
• Melt butter into bacon grease and place chopped onion in first, then add chopped carrot and celery, and finally the garlic, to bacon grease in pan and saute till softened. Add salt and pepper depending on your tastes, remember this will end up being a big pot of soup.
• Add enough water to softened veggies in pan to cover slightly, let boil down a about 10 minutes. Add as much chili powder as you like (I use about a TBSP., but you can use more - it really makes the flavor of this soup) and then just add a pinch of cayenne for a little more kick.
• After water is boiling and has reduced a bit, add the chopped potatoes. Add just a little more water and let the mixture boil another 5-10 minutes to help get the potatoes close to softened (they don't have to be completely cooked yet).
• Once the potatoes and other veggies are close to being soft and ready to eat, add 2 cups of milk. As it is starting to heat, make sure to break down crab (pull body shell off and take center of crab and use kitchen shears to cut into 1/4, pull legs off, clean it all up, and use shears to cut just a small slit into each leg and claw piece so soup can seep into crab meat for nice flavor) and then throw Crab in with the milky veggies in the large soup pot.
• Once the soup is hot and the crab is in it, make sure to turn the stove to low and try not to have the soup boil over. Add shrimp just to warm them up. Top off with the bacon pieces. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• (If you like your soup thicker and more like chowder, you could add a mix of 1/2 cup milk and 2 tablespoons flour (shaken together in a small closed jar) to the soup a few minutes before finishing to thicken it up, if you like.). The chili and spice amounts can easily be adjusted to your tastes, it's a real flexible recipe.

SEAFOOD CHILI

Steps:

• Melt butter in large stockpot over medium-low heat; add tomatoes, bell peppers, garlic, and green onions. Cook and stir frequently until tomatoes have nearly liquefied, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Stir kidney beans, baby corn, and celery into the tomato mixture; add chili powder and lime juice and season with salt and ground black pepper. Cover and cook on low, stirring occasionally, until celery is soft but still has texture, about 1 hour.
• Stir crab meat and canned tomatoes with liquid into kidney bean mixture, breaking up tomatoes in thirds with a wooden spoon. Season with salt and pepper; add brown sugar if chili tastes too salty.
• Stir shrimp, scallops, and hearts of palm into chili; cook until shrimp are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, 2 to 3 minutes.

CAJUN SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Mix in onion, green onions, celery, and bell pepper. Cook and stir until tender.
• Pour cream of mushroom soup, cream of celery soup, 1 soup can of water, creamed corn, and frozen corn into pot. Cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through.
• Mix in shrimp, and cook until opaque. Stir in half and half and parsley. Reduce heat to low; continue to cook and stir 15 minutes. Mix in liquid shrimp and crab boil seasoning and Creole seasoning; season to taste with salt and pepper.

SPICY CRAB AND SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy saucepan over meduium-high heat.
• add onion and celery ,.
• saute' until tender ,about 6 minutes.
• Add clam juice , tomatoes with their jucies and sherry.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add next 8 ingredients.
• Simmer until barley is tender ,stirring often about 25 minutes.
• Add seafood to soup, simmer until shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• season with salt and pepper.
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CRAB AND SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In a soup pot/Dutch oven, combine water, onions, and all seasonings. Heat to a boil then reduce heat to low; simmer for 10 min.
• 2. Add shrimp, simmer 10 more min.
• 3. Stir in soup.
• 4. Add 1/2 and 1/2...
• 5. ... crab meat, and sherry and lemon zest. Heat through.
• 6. Ladle into bowls and serve with crust bread. makes 4 servings or 6 cups.

SHRIMP & CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth and shrimp shells to a boil.
• Add crab legs.
• Cook 4 minutes.
• Remove crab legs to a bowl to cool.
• Remove shrimp shells and discard.
• Strain broth for any leftover pieces of shells.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add celery, carrots, peppers, tomatoes and seasonings.
• Cook until vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile, shell crab legs and break meat into bite size pieces.
• Add juices to the soup from the bowl the crab cooled in.
• Add shrimp and cook about 4 minutes.
• Add crab meat.
• Serve with hot crusty bread and salad.
• Delicious.

CRAB & SHRIMP CHILI (SPICY)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Turn heat to low and let simmer for at least a half hour before serving.
• You can leave it on a low heat setting for several hours if needed.
• Serve alone or mixed with rice.