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Spicy Crab and Sausage Soup
Spicy Crab and Sausage Soup is a quick, easy and flavorful appetizer or dinner recipes. Full of vegetables, sausage and crab, it is soul warming and super easy.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 464 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- 1 bunch scallions whites and greens, chopped
- 4 links sausage casings removed, thinly sliced
- 30 ounces canned petite diced tomatoes
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon Seafood Seasoning such as Old Bay
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper finely ground
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- pinch cayenne
- 4 cups frozen vegetables *
- 1 pound blue crab meat body and claw, picked over for shells
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven or large enamel pot, heat extra virgin olive oil. Add chopped yellow onion and scallions, soften for 2-3 minutes.
- Add cut sausage, cooking for 8-10 minutes or.
- Stir in canned diced tomatoes, liquid included, and chicken broth. Bring to a low simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add seafood seasoning, black pepper, smoked paprika, garlic powder, cayenne and frozen vegetables. Cook until it comes back to a low simmer. Frozen veggies are like adding ice cubes. They will be hot when liquid resumes simmering, about 5 minutes.
- Right before serving, add blue crab meat. Top with garnishes as desired.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments and ratings.
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Notes
- Recipe adapted from Maryland's Chesapeake: How the Bay and its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine, 2016,Kathy Wielech Patterson and Neal Patterson.
- * I used corn, lima beans, green beans and carrots. Okra, edamame, pearl onions and any other frozen vegetable is also welcome.
Nutrition Information
Calories
464kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
35g
(70%)
Fat
25g
(38%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
93mg
(31%)
Sodium
2259mg
(94%)
Potassium
506mg
(14%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
835IU
(17%)
Vitamin C
27.1mg
(30%)
Calcium
59mg
(6%)
Iron
4.1mg
(23%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 464
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 464kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 35g | 70% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 93mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 2259mg | 94% |
| Potassium | 506mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 835IU | 17% |
| Vitamin C | 27.1mg | 30% |
| Calcium | 59mg | 6% |
| Iron | 4.1mg | 23% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.