Description
Creamy Southern crab stew with tender vegetables and rich dairy for comforting meals.
Ingredients
- Fennel bulb
- Celery
- Yellow onion
- Butter
- Self-rising flour
- Crab base
- Heavy cream
- Half and half
- Whole milk
- Cooking sherry
- Crab meat
- Salt
- Black pepper
Instructions
- Chop fennel, celery, and onion finely
- Melt butter and cook vegetables until soft
- Stir in flour until smooth
- Whisk in milk, cream, half and half, and crab base
- Simmer gently until thick
- Add sherry and crab meat
- Season with salt and pepper
- Rest briefly and serve hot
Notes
- Use fresh crab for best texture
- Do not boil after adding dairy
- Stir often while simmering
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 520
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 890mg
- Fat: 38g
- Saturated Fat: 22g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 24g
- Cholesterol: 145mg