Maryland Crab Soup
Maryland Crab Soup
1 lb. shin beef
1/4 lb. bacon, cut into pieces
3 tomatoes (quartered)
4 potatoes (peeled and chopped)
2 onions (chopped)
1 cup fresh corn (*can use frozen as an alternative)
1 cup Lima beans
1 cup carrots
1 cup string beans
1 tbsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. mustard
2 tsp. seafood seasoning (*Old Bay recommended)
1/4 cup butter
4 qt. water
6 steamed crabs
1 can beer
Combine all ingredients in a large pot except the crabs; let simmer. Clean the crabs and break crabs in half and cut lengthwise to expose the meat; do not remove meat. Place pieces of the crab in the pot with the simmering soup and crack the claws; add meat to the soup. Simmer for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Serve.
*Johnna's tip: Don't like the idea of having to do all that work to get the crab meat out of the crab?? Go to your local seafood market and buy fresh crab meat that has already been packaged. Follow the same steps above except the part about cleaning, breaking and cracking the crab claws (Basically omit this part: "Clean the crabs and break crabs in half and cut lengthwise to expose the meat; do not remove meat. Place pieces of the crab in the pot with the simmering soup and crack the claws")...Doesn't this make the recipe a thousand times easier and more appealing to make at home?? Try it and warm up Maryland style.
1 lb. shin beef
1/4 lb. bacon, cut into pieces
3 tomatoes (quartered)
4 potatoes (peeled and chopped)
2 onions (chopped)
1 cup fresh corn (*can use frozen as an alternative)
1 cup Lima beans
1 cup carrots
1 cup string beans
1 tbsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. mustard
2 tsp. seafood seasoning (*Old Bay recommended)
1/4 cup butter
4 qt. water
6 steamed crabs
1 can beer
Combine all ingredients in a large pot except the crabs; let simmer. Clean the crabs and break crabs in half and cut lengthwise to expose the meat; do not remove meat. Place pieces of the crab in the pot with the simmering soup and crack the claws; add meat to the soup. Simmer for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Serve.
*Johnna's tip: Don't like the idea of having to do all that work to get the crab meat out of the crab?? Go to your local seafood market and buy fresh crab meat that has already been packaged. Follow the same steps above except the part about cleaning, breaking and cracking the crab claws (Basically omit this part: "Clean the crabs and break crabs in half and cut lengthwise to expose the meat; do not remove meat. Place pieces of the crab in the pot with the simmering soup and crack the claws")...Doesn't this make the recipe a thousand times easier and more appealing to make at home?? Try it and warm up Maryland style.
Picture source: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Maryland-Crab-Soup/Detail.aspx
Labels: appetizers, main dish, soup
posted by Johnna Knows Good Food: Yum Yum, Gimme Some! @ 10:05 AM
3 Comments:
hey what is shin beef?
tweety
Beef shin is also known as "shank". It is the cut of beef that is taken from the front lower leg of the steer. It's good, try it! and Thanks for reading;-)
so imma try this one probably right before the new year...imma let you know how it works out...rumor has it that you make a mean crab dip can you post it again so i can make that too before the new year?
yum yum food in my tum
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