Maryland Crab Soup - who has the best recipe to share?

please share your recipe! love tomato-based md crab soup.Maryland Crab Soup - who has the best recipe to share?
INGREDIENTS


2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes


3 cups water


1 cup fresh lima beans


1 cup frozen corn kernels


1 cup sliced carrots


2 tablespoons chopped onion


2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning TM


2 cups beef broth


1 pound blue crab crabmeat


10 blue crab claws, steamed (optional)


1 gallon water


DIRECTIONS


Place whole tomatoes, water, lima beans, corn, sliced carrots, chopped onion, Old Bay seasoning, and beef broth, in a 4 quart pot. Heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 5 minutes.


Bring 1 gallon water to boil. Add crab claws and boil 6 minutes. Drain crab and set aside


Stir crabmeat (and crabs claws, if desired) into tomato and vegetable mixture. Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes longer. Serve hot.Maryland Crab Soup - who has the best recipe to share?
Maryland Crab Soup


Yield: 3 .5 Quarts





Ingredients





----------------------------------STOCK-鈥?br>

3 qt ; water, cold


1/2 lb slab bacon; cut into 2


-pieces


1/2 lb ham chunks; (or you can use


-a ham bon


1 tb red pepper flakes; (opt)


1 tb old bay seasoning


1 ds celery salt


1 ds onion salt





----------------------------------SOUP--鈥?br>

3 lg potato; diced


16 oz tomato; chopped; with juice


1 onion; diced


16 oz frozen mixed vegetables


2 celery rib; diced


1 c parsley, fresh; chopped


16 oz crab meat; picked over


1 tb worcestshire sauce


1 tb red pepper flakes; (opt)


1 tb old bay seasoning


1 salt %26amp; pepper; to taste


1 c cabbage leaves; shredded





Instructions





Simmer ham-bacon stock for about one hour. Add remaining ingredients;


simmer for about two hours--the longer it simmers, the better the


flavor. Refrigerate immediately.