Cook the Book: Maryland Crab Soup

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound thick-cut bacon, cut into 1/2-inch squares
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 8 quarts water
  • One 35-ounce can plum tomatoes
  • 12 fresh blue crabs (about 3 pounds) or 2 Dungeness crabs, cut in half (or 12 blue crab carcasses)
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels (about 3 cobs)
  • 1 1/2 cups 1/4-inch-dice green beans
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen peas
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen lima beans
  • 1 1/2 cups diced potatoes
  • 3 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning 1 tablespoon red chile flakes
  • 3 tablespoons salt
  • 1 pound fresh crab claw meat, picked over

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