Photo: She Crab Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound unsalted butter, divided
- 1 cup medium-diced carrots
- 1 cup medium-diced celery
- 1 cup medium-diced onions
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 cups sherry
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 quart crab or lobster stock
- 3 quarts heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons crab boil seasoning (recommended: Old Bay)
- 2 ounces crab roe, or sea urchin roe (uni)
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 pounds crab meat
Directions
In heavy saucepan or stock pot over medium-high heat, add 3/4 pound butter, carrots, celery, onions, and garlic and cook until the vegetables have begun to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Deglaze with the sherry, and stir and scrape up any bits. Once deglazed, add the flour and stir into the butter to create a roux. Once well mixed, add the stock and cream, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook for 25 minutes, stirring throughout to ensure the soup does not scorch.
Pulse the soup with a hand mixer to mince the vegetables. Add the crab boil seasoning, crab roe, and parsley and continue to cook for 10 minutes. Remove the soup from heat, whisk in the remaining 1/4 pound butter, and stir in the crab meat.
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By patincharlotte
Charlotte, NC
on July 13, 2012
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This was the worst "She Crab Soup" I have ever tasted. So much heavy cream & butter, that my entire family could not eat....greasy, greasy, greasy. It's expensive to make so choose one of the other receipes that don't require 3 quarts of heavy cream & one pound of butter, YUK!!!!!!!
By MomG1215
Harrison, OH
on August 30, 2011
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We first had She Crab soup when on vacation in Hilton Head, SC a couple years ago. I looked for a recipe but they were often too involved. When I saw Robert make this and looked up the recipe I knew it was the one to make. My family loved it. I used 1 lb. crab meat and 1 lb. imatation crab and no one knew the difference. She Crab Soup lovers look no further, this soup is so good!
By Villaris
800 Rt. 73 Nort...
on March 27, 2011
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Taste? Every one that has come into Villari's and ordered Chef Robert Irvine's She Crab Soup have said "best they have ever Tasted". Thank You Chef Robert for sharing this fabulous Tasting Soup recipe..
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