Dilled crab chowder

10 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1largeOnion, minced
4Stalks celery, minced
½cupButter
1poundsCrabmeat
5cupsMilk
1cupHalf and half or light cream
2cansCondensed cream of potato soup
16½ounceCan cream style corn
3tablespoonsDiced pimento
½teaspoonSalt
1teaspoonDill weed
2Bay leaves
½cupDry vermouth

Directions

Saute onion and celery in butter until soft. Stir in crabmeat. Add milk, half and half, potato aoup, corn, pimento, salt, dill, and bay leaves. Mix well and cook over medium heat 20 minutes; do not boil.

Add vermouth, cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from bay leaves and serve.

Source: Creative Cooking: Fish and Other Seafood Carolyn Shaw's Collection Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 11-14-94