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Cream of Crab Soup
Donna Graham
Ingredients
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 cup boiling water
1 cup butter
1/4 cup celery, chopped
1/4 cup onion, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 quart water
1/2 quart heavy cream
Thickener of choice (flour or cornstarch works well)
1 pound canned or fresh crabmeat
1 bag frozen crawfish tails
Chopped parsley
Chopped green onion
Directions
Dissolve the bouillon cube in the boiling water. Set aside.
Melt the butter in a soup pot. Cook the onion and celery until tender. Season with salt and pepper. Add the remaining water, cream, bouillon and thickener of choice, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Stir in the crabmeat and crawfish tails. Heat through. Garnish with green onions and parsley.