Best Spicy Crab Soup Recipes

SPICY CRAB AND SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy saucepan over meduium-high heat.
• add onion and celery ,.
• saute' until tender ,about 6 minutes.
• Add clam juice , tomatoes with their jucies and sherry.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add next 8 ingredients.
• Simmer until barley is tender ,stirring often about 25 minutes.
• Add seafood to soup, simmer until shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• season with salt and pepper.
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SPICY CAJUN CRAB AND GREENS SOUP

Steps:

• Whisk oil and flour in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat until smooth and golden brown, about 3 minutes. Add enough Cajun seasoning to season to taste and stir 30 seconds. Add clam juice and stir until smooth. Add tomatoes with juices. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 3 minutes. Add spinach, thyme, and garlic and simmer until spinach is just wilted, about 1 minute. Add crabmeat and simmer until heated through, stirring gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and serve.

CHILAPACHOLE (SPICY TOMATO CRAB SOUP)

Steps:

• Place the onion, tomato, red pepper and chili peppers into a large bowl. Add the oil and toss to coat.
• Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the vegetables and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes or until the vegetables are well browned, stirring occasionally. Remove and reserve the chili peppers from the skillet.
• Remove the remaining vegetables to a blender. Add the broth and parsley. Cover and blend for 2 minutes or until the mixture is smooth. Pour the vegetable mixture into a 2-quart saucepan and cook over medium heat until the mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir in the crabmeat and cook for 2 minutes or until the mixture is hot. Season with kosher salt and ground black pepper.
• Mince the reserved chili peppers. Sprinkle the soup with the chili peppers and serve with the lime wedges.

CHILLED PEA SOUP WITH SPICY CRAB

Steps:

• Make the soup: Blend the peas and vegetable broth in a blender until very smooth. With the motor running, slowly pour in the olive oil in a steady stream to emulsify the mixture. Add half of the lemon juice, then chill the soup in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Season with salt and the remaining lemon juice before serving.
• Prepare the crab: Whisk the olive oil, sambal oelek and lemon juice together in a bowl. Fold in the crabmeat and mint and season with a pinch of salt. Fill small cups or glasses about three-quarters of the way with the chilled pea soup. Garnish each portion with 1 generous tablespoon of the spicy crab and serve immediately.

SPICY LUMP CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• 1. In large soup pot over medium heat, add olive oil, garlic and onions and saute for about 2 minutes or until translucent. Then add chicken broth, tomatoes and potatoes and let simmer for about 5 - 7 minutes.
• 2. Add corn, red, green and chili peppers and let simmer for about 2 - 3 minutes. Then add Old Bay seasoning and season to taste with salt and pepper if desired.
• 3. Add in crab meat, be careful not to break up the lumps. Let simmer for about 5 minutes.
• 4. Ladle soup in bowls garnish with fresh chopped chives and serve with crackers or your favorite whole grain french bread.

QUICK AND EASY SPICY CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, water, broth, celery, onion, seafood seasoning, and lemon pepper in 6 quart soup pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 to 30 minutes.
• Add corn and peas; simmer 10 minutes more.
• Add crabmeat and simmer until hot. Serve.

SPICY GREEN TOMATO SOUP WITH CRAB & COUNTRY HAM

Steps:

• Directions In a large saucepan, heat the oil. When the oil is hot, add the ham, pan-fry until crispy and golden, about 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and strain, reserving the oil and ham. Return the oil to the pan and heat. Add the onions and saute until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. Season the onions with salt and pepper. Add the garlic, bay leaves and chilies, and cook for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and stock. Season with salt and pepper. Bring the liquid to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 15 minutes or until the tomatoes soften. Remove the bay leaves. Using a hand-held blender, puree the soup until smooth. Chill the soup. Add the lemon juice and hot sauce. Season with salt. In a mixing bowl, mix the crabmeat, sour cream, tomatoes, capers and green onions together. Season the salad with salt and pepper. To serve, ladle the soup into individual bowls and garnish with the crab salad and crispy ham. The soup can be served either chilled or warm.

SPICY CAJUN CRAB AND GREENS SOUP

Steps:

• Whisk oil and flour in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat until smooth and golden brown, about 3 minutes. Add enough Cajun seasoning to season to taste and stir 30 seconds.
• Add clam juice and stir until smooth. Add tomatoes with juices. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 3 minutes.
• Add spinach, thyme, and garlic and simmer until spinach is just wilted, about 1 minute.
• Add crabmeat and simmer until heated through, stirring gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls and serve.

SPICY CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Cook and clean crabs:
• Bring water to a simmer in pot and add crabs using tongs. Cover pot and cook over high heat until crab shells are bright red, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer crabs to a shallow baking pan and reserve cooking liquid in pot.
• When crabs are cool enough to handle, break off 16 claws, working over pan to catch juices, and reserve claws, covered and chilled, for garnish (if using Dungeness crabs, reserve 16 hind legs). Still working over pan, pull off aprons (abdomens), legs, and remaining claws from crabs and add to pot, then cut crabs in half, through shell, with kitchen shears (if using Dungeness crabs, pull top shells from bodies and crack front claws with a mallet). Dip crabs into cooking liquid to rinse off mustard (tomalley), then pull apart shells and extract meat and any orange-red roe with your fingers. (There are bits of meat in all the nooks and crannies.) Put meat and roe in a small bowl and chill, covered. Add all shells and any juices from baking pan to cooking liquid in pot.
• Make broth:
• Quarter onion and add 1 quarter to crab cooking liquid along with halved garlic cloves. Boil broth, uncovered, skimming froth frequently, until liquid is reduced to about 8 cups, about 50 minutes. Carefully pour broth through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a large bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids.
• Make sofrito while broth is reducing:
• Heat a dry well-seasoned cast-iron skillet over moderately high heat until hot, then toast chile 30 seconds on each side and transfer to a blender. Pan-roast unpeeled garlic, turning with tongs, until browned in spots, 3 to 5 minutes. Cool garlic, then peel and add to blender. Pan-roast tomatoes, turning occasionally, until browned in spots, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, chop remaining onion and add to blender. Cool tomatoes, then core, peel, and quarter and add to blender.Purée mixture until smooth. Force purée through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl and discard solids.
• Heat oil in a 4-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and carefully stir in purée (oil will splatter). Cook, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 15 minutes, to make sofrito. Add epazote and 7 cups strained broth, then simmer soup over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
• Add remaining broth to blender along with tortillas, cornstarch, and salt and blend until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour mixture through cleaned medium-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids. Stir tortilla purée into soup and simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove and discard epazote if fresh. Stir in reserved crabmeat and simmer just until heated through. Serve soup ladled over reserved claws.

SPICY LIME CRAB SOUP

Steps:

• Put 4 cups Chicken Broth in Medium sized Pot, add Cilantro, Corn, Cumin, Chipotle Sauce and Jalapenos. Let Simmer/low heat for 20 minutes. Peel and Pit Avocado - chop into cubes. In bowl add 1/4 cup of chicken broth and a dash of milk. Add cubed avocado. Beat together until smooth. Add avocado mixture to chicken broth. Add crab meat. Let simmer/low heat for another 15 minutes. Serve - Add Tortilla chips is wanted