Original Charleston She Crab Soup
Charleston, South Carolina, is famous for this soup! She crab soup is a rich and creamy seafood chowder that originated in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
This recipe is from the ‘Caterin Charleston’ cookbook, and is sooooo good.
Charleston She Crab Soup
Servings 4 servvings
Ingredients
- 1/4-1/2 pound crabmeat eggs included, if possible
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 small stalk celery, finely chopped
- 4 ounces butter
- 2 tsp flour
- 1/2 pint cream
- 1 pint milk
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup Sherry wine optional
Instructions
- Saute onion and celery in butter in bottom of large saucepan, until lightly browned.
- Add crabmeat and flour.
- Stir milk in gradually until thoroughly mixed.
- Add cream and cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, Sherry, salt and pepper. Simmer gently for 15 minutes and serve.
