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Awesome Crab Soup

SUBMITTED BY: Yvette Martell

"Creamy crab soup at its best. I can honestly say that this is perfect."

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PREP TIME	10 Min
COOK TIME	20 Min
READY IN	30 Min

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning TM
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup half-and-half cream
1 (2.5 ounce) package country style gravy mix
8 ounces crabmeat
4 drops hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

What to Drink?
	Chardonnay
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DIRECTIONS

Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour all at once, and cook until bubbly. Stir in Old Bay seasoning and Worcestershire sauce. Gradually stir in chicken broth, wine, and half-and-half.
Prepare gravy according to package directions, and stir into soup. Thin with more half-and-half if necessary. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in crabmeat, and season with hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Simmer 2 minutes, or until heated through.

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Reviewed on dec. 10, 2003 by CATGRE2157

This is awesome soup! The 2 keys to this soup are 1)Avoid the salt 2) Don't serve this soup on... MORE

Reviewed on dec. 22, 2002 by MOLSON7

This was very good and easy. I also had a problem finding white gravy mix so I used McCormicks... MORE

Reviewed on jan. 16, 2004 by KIDTASTROPHE 13

The soup was excellent but as I made it, I made a few adjustments. The wine seemed too strong... MORE

Reviewed on dec. 28, 2005 by CURTISLEE

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.31 star rating.

CURTISLEE
dec. 28, 2005

Indeed, this is the perfect crab soup recipe, Yvette! It's rich--exotic even--the kind of soup you would find in a top notch expensive restaurant. I've had this soup before, but can't place where or when. All I recall is that I loved it when I had it the first time--and loved it even more today since I was the one who prepared it! I doubled the recipe and I'm glad I did. The wine is a must. It's the wine that provides the warm, exotic base from which the soup it built. I used 3/4 of the wine that was recommended, but I wouldn't be afraid to use the full amount next time. I was wary of using all the wine that was called for after reading the reviews, but if you have a sophisticated palate and are used to having wine in recipes, it won't bother you. You will embrace it. I added about 1/2 of the hot sauce called for and didn't detect a change in the flavor. Honestly, I was afaid to keep going with the hot sauce. The soup was already so good that I didn't want to fiddle with it and chance that it wouldn't be as good post hot sauce. The batch I prepared did need salt and I added it one pinch at a time until it was perfect. If you use salted butter, you may not need any extra salt. Wow, this one gets a blue ribbon.

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Indeed, this is the perfect crab soup recipe, Yvette! It's rich--exotic even--the kind of... MORE

Reviewed on jan. 19, 2003 by KRANEY

This was pretty good, although it wasn't as great as I was expecting. My only complaint was... MORE

Reviewed on feb. 4, 2003 by CDIAZ

I served this bisque-like soup as part of a New Year's Eve dinner and got rave reviews.... MORE

Reviewed on mar. 7, 2006 by The Frugal Bungler

I can only rate this as Fair. The gravy simply overwhelmed the crab and other flavors. MORE

Reviewed on dec. 2, 2003 by SARAHJE

This was far from awesome. Sounded like it would be awesome, but was actually pretty... MORE

Reviewed on dec. 17, 2002 by ERWILF

I should have heeded the warning one reviewer provided regarding the salt. The recipe is way... MORE

Reviewed on nov. 14, 2007 by Ballerina cook

This recipe was just like the name -- it was awesome! I took the advice of other reviewers and... MORE

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