July, 2008
Last night I created a new yummy recipe that I wanted to share with someone. So here you go. Let me know what you think about it if you decide to try it. It is basically a potato soup with some shrimp and crabmeat as a kicker.
Ingredients:
8-10 medium potatoes, diced
4 cups chicken broth – salted, seasoned to taste
1 cup half and half
1/2 pound small shrimp – I use the frozen kind – already peeled and de-veined
1/2 pound crab meat or imitation crab
1 can condensed cream of celery soup
3-4 tablespoons EVOO (in case you don’t watch Rachel Ray that’s extra virgin olive oil)
2-3 cloves fresh garlic
1 tsp Old Bay seafood seasoning
Directions:
Boil potatoes in chicken broth until tender. Drain potatoes, reserving broth. Place about half of the potatoes in a blender and blend until smooth with about two cups of the chicken broth and the cup of half and half.
In a skillet heat EVOO over medium heat and add your minced garlic, shrimp, and crab meat. Heat until shrimp are pink.
Return potato mixture to boiler along with reserved potatoes, cooked shrimp mixture, and cream of celery soup. Stir over low heat and slowly add reserved chicken broth to thin to desired consistency.
Season with Old Bay and serve with croutons or garlic bread. (This was actually better today at lunch after the flavors had more time to "marry".)
Hope you enjoy! Julie
