Carrot Soup with Dungeness Crab

Name: Carrot Soup with Dungeness Crab
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 large bay leaf (or 2 small); 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps butter; 454 grams sliced carrots; 1 Tbsp minced chives, plus chopped chives for garnishing; 170 grams shelled cooked Dungeness crab (from a 1 1/2 lb. crab); 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoons lemon zest; 1 medium chopped onion; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 Tbsps white rice

Carrot Soup with Dungeness Crab might be just the soup you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 186 calories, 9g of protein, and 8g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and pescatarian diet. If you have onion, dungeness crab, chives, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a 5-qt. pot over medium-high heat, melt butter.

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Butter

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Pot

Add onion, carrots, bay leaf, white rice, salt, and black pepper. Cook, stirring, until onions are light golden, about 6 minutes.

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Black Pepper

White Rice

Bay Leaves

Carrot

Onion

Salt

Add 5 cups water and bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes.

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Water

Remove bay leaf.

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Bay Leaves

Working in batches, pure soup in a blender until smooth. Return soup to pot, stir in lemon zest, and keep warm. In a small bowl, toss crab with lemon juice and minced chives. Put an equal mound of crab mixture in the center of each of 4 soup bowls, then ladle soup around crab.

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Lemon Juice