Description
A very tasty chowder-type recipe. Delicious any time.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 ¾ cups whole kernel corn
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- 1 pound fresh crab meat
- ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
- ½ teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ¼ cup chopped parsley
Instructions
- 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.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 8