Curried Cream Of Crab Soup Recipes

CURRIED CRAB SOUP FROM SAVANNAH

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the onion until wilted, then add the garlic and apple. Stir and add the curry powder & flour. Add the tomato & chicken broth, stirring with a wire whisk.
• When the mixture is thickened & smooth, add the salt, pepper, & crab meat.
• Simmer for 10 minutes, then add the Tabasco sauce and the cream, then bring the mixture up to a boil. Serve immediately.

CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 3-qt. saucepan; stir in flour, seafood seasoning, salt and curry powder. Cook until thickened and bubbly. Gradually add milk; cook and stir until mixture is hot (do not boil). , Remove cartilage from crab if necessary. Add crab and parsley to soup; cook and stir just until crab is heated. If desired, thin soup with additional milk; garnish with parsley.

CURRIED CREAM OF CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• 5 Tbs. butter.
• 4 Tbs flour.
• 1 medium onion peeled and chopped.
• 3 stalks of celery chopped.
• 1 1/2 Tbs mild yellow curry powder.
• 1 Tbs dried minced shallots or 2 Tbs fresh shallots peeled and minced.
• 1 cup heavy cream.
• 2 cups milk.
• 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock.
• juice of half a lemon.
• 1 lb fresh crab meat (preferably half shreds and half lump or claw meat).
• salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 Tbs dry sherry.
• Make a roux by melting 3 Tbs butter in a large sauce pan. Add the flour and cook over medium heat stirring constantly until it just begins to brown a little. Do not let it burn.
• Add the other 2 Tbs of butter and the chopped celery and onions and fresh shallots (if using them) and continue to stir and cook until the vegetables are wilted (about 5 minutes). Add the curry powder, stir and cook for a minute more. Lower the heat.
• Meanwhile heat the cream, milk and stock in another pan. If using dried shallots add them to to the liquid and bring to a low simmer. Do not let it come to a full boil or it may curdle.
• Pour the hot liquid into the roux slowly stirring constantly as you pour. Raise the heat to medium and continue to stir while it thickens and comes to a simmer. Again do not boil. Simmer 10 minutes.
• Add the lemon juice and crab meat meat and continue to heat and stir until it again is simmering. Taste and add salt and pepper if you think it needs it.
• Pour into bowls and top each bowl with a spoonful of sherry. Serve hot.

CURRIED CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Cook asparagus, onion, and potato (layered in that order) in a round covered casserole dish, with the chicken broth, in the microwave on high for 10 minutes (stirring 2-3 times).
• When vegetables are tender, remove half of the potatoes and set them aside (you can also set aside the asparagus tips if you like).
• Put the vegetables in a blender and puree until smooth (you may have to do it in two batches, depending on the size of your blender). Alternately, put them in a pot and use a hand blender.
• Put the puree in a pot on medium heat and whisk in 1 T flour. Stir until smooth and soup begins to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low (simmering) and add the remaining potatoes to the pot.
• Stir in the butter, milk, garlic, curry, cayenne, black pepper, salt and Worcestershire, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the crab (and asparagus tips if you saved them) and simmer for 5 minutes.