Lucile's Sweet Potato And Crab Soup Recipe - Cooking Index
Mickey Samuels, chef at Lucile's Creole Cafe, says the idea for the soup came to him "in the middle of the night."
Courses: Soup1 1/4 lbs | 567g / 20oz | Sweet potatoes or yams - peeled, and |
Cut in slices | ||
1 1/2 cups | 93g / 3.3oz | Chopped yellow onions |
3/4 cup | 109g / 3.8oz | Chopped green bell peppers |
3/4 cup | 82g / 2.9oz | Chopped celery |
Butter or vegetable oil | ||
3/4 cup | 177ml | Sherry |
1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Milk |
2 cups | 474ml | Cream |
2 1/4 tablespoons | 33ml | Brown sugar |
1/2 tablespoon | 7.5ml | Salt |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Plus 1 tspn Lucile's Creole Seasoning |
(or other Cajun or Creole seasoning) | ||
1/4 lb | 113g / 4oz | Crabmeat |
Boil sweet potatoes or yams until soft. Saute onions, green peppers and celery until soft in oil or butter. Then add sherry and boil for 3 minutes. Puree vegetables with the sweet potatoes in a food processor. Put into soup pot with remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.
This recipe yields 8 servings.
Source:
Susan Wolfe on the http://www.eclix.net Food BB
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