Lunch

Savannah-Style Crab Soup is for Lunch.

Savannah-Style Crab Soup takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Savannah-Style Crab Soup takes 30 minutes to cook.

Savannah-Style Crab Soup makes 9 servings.

The ingredients for Savannah-Style Crab Soup are:

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups chopped carrot
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
4 cups clam juice
1 1% milk
1 cup half-and-half
1 pound lump crabmeat, shell pieces removed 1/3 cup dry sherry

Here is how you make Savannah-Style Crab Soup:

Place flour in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet; cook over medium heat 15 minutes or until brown, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat.Melt the butter in a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add carrot and the next 5 ingredients (carrot through garlic), and saut? 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add Old Bay seasoning, salt, black pepper, dried thyme, and bay leaf; cook for 1 minute. Sprinkle the browned flour over vegetable mixture, and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Stir in clam juice, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until mixture is slightly thick, stirring frequently.Stir in the milk and half-and-half; cook 4 minutes. Stir in crabmeat and sherry; cook 5 minutes or until the soup is thoroughly heated. Discard bay leaf before serving.Serving Size:?makes 9 one cup servings

The nutritional information for Savannah-Style Crab Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 9
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 160.7

• Total Fat: 5.5 g
• Cholesterol: 68.9 mg
• Sodium: 996.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
• Protein: 22.0 g