Maryland Yin Yang Crab Soup

By gbvampy1

Ingredients

• 8 tbsp. unsalted butter
•  2 ribs celery, diced
•  2 small carrots, diced
•  1 yellow onion, diced
•  2⁄3 cup flour
•  1 tbsp. Old Bay
•  4 cups homemade crab stock or seafood stock
•  1 (28-oz.) can whole peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand
•  1 Idaho potato (about 12 ounces), peeled and cut into 1⁄4-inch pieces
•  1 1⁄2 cups half and half
•  1⁄2 cup frozen corn
•  1⁄2 cup frozen peas
•  1⁄2 cup green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
•  1 lb. jumbo lump crab meat
•  Kosher salt and

Details

Cooking time 45mins

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in a 6-qt. saucepan over medium-high. Add the celery, carrots, and onion and cook, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes. Add flour and Old Bay and cook 2 minutes more. Add the stock and tomatoes and cook 2 minutes. Add the potato and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes. Add the half and half, corn, peas, and green beans and cook 5 minutes. Stir in the crab, salt, and pepper, and cook until heated through, 4 to 5 minutes.