Crabmeat and Corn Soup
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 3/4 cups whole kernel corn
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- 1 pound fresh crab meat
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- In a heavy-bottomed pot, melt butter, add flour, and stir gently until blended; do not burn or let it darken.
- Add milk gradually, stirring all the while, then add half and half, stirring gently while blending.
- Add corn and green onions, and cook for a few minutes until tender.
- Add crabmeat, pepper, salt, and soy sauce and simmer until very hot and small bubbles form around the edge; do not let boil.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Garnish with sprinkles of chopped fresh parsley when serving and serve hot.
- Variations: You may use 4 cobs of fresh corn instead of frozen or canned.
- Cut the kernels off the cob, scrape cob for juices, and then add to soup.
- Cook until corn is tender.
- Canned crabmeat or imitation crab may be used instead of fresh crabmeat.
- Use one 7 1/2-ounce can crabmeat (drained) and 8 ounces imitation crab (cut into small pieces).
- Combine the two and cook as noted above.
butter, allpurpose, milk, whole kernel corn, green onions, crab meat, ground white pepper, seasoning salt, soy sauce, parsley
Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/crabmeat-and-corn-soup/ (may not work)