Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Helllllllooooo loooooover……

Oh, excuse me. I was talking to my soup.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

My velvety, tomatoey, luscious, creamy, SPIIIIICYYYYYY soup. Topped with fresh, sweet crab, and tiny crunchy mustard seeds.

It’s beautiful, delicious, and seriously spicy. Just the way I like it. (If you are less interested in feeling the burn, just cut down or omit the jalapeno’s.)

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

I will be slurpin on this stuff all day long. And maybe tonight while I watch MY FIRST EVER REAL LIVE TELEVISION SHOW!!! AHHHHHHHEEEEWHOOOO!!!!!

Ok. Now I have calmed down. My kids will go “Oh, there’s mommy!” and then they will go right back to playing barbie’s. But I will force my husband to watch it laptop free and soak up each moment without dozing off. Not that he will want to, because it will be gripping and fascinating and most importantly heart-warming. I am actually being serious. It is a really sweet show. Um, and informative- because it is all about DIY!

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Read this post if you have any questions about what is going down on my first (of many!!) DIY “Rescue my Renovation” episodes. (Check your local programming– I think it is 9pm ET and 6pm PT)

Please don’t make fun of my hair or makeup which will be obviously terrible and very DIY (ha! Get it?)

Also, Rachel at RachelCooks.com was kind enough to let me blab on about what “A Day in the Life” loloks like for me. If you are interested in what that madness looks like head on over!

To make this Spicy Tomato Crab Soup, this is what you do:

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

In a large heavy pot, add the olive oil and the onion and sweat for 5 minutes over medium heat.Add the tomatoes, red peppers and jalapeno peppers ( 1 for a little spicy, two for a lot spicy!) and stir to combine.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Add the water and simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes over low heat.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Puree the soup on high until smooth (working in batches if you need to.) Return the soup to the pot and re-heat. Gently stir in the cream and then season to taste with the salt. Dish up the soup and top with a clump of fresh crab meat and garnish with a little fresh herb and a tiny sprinkle of mustard seeds.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Recipe: Spicy Tomato Crab Soup

Ingredients

  • -2 tablespoons olive oil
  • -1 yellow onion, diced
  • -3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • -2 red peppers, chopped, seeds and veins removed
  • -8 cups tomatoes
  • -1-2 jalapeno peppers sliced, stemmed but leave the seeds and veins
  • -4 cups water
  • -½ cup cream
  • -kosher salt
  • -½ lbs fresh picked crab
  • -mustard seeds for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1. In a large heavy pot, add the olive oil and the onion and sweat for 5 minutes over medium heat.
  2. 2. Add the tomatoes, garlic, red peppers and jalapeno peppers ( 1 for a little spicy, two for a lot spicy!) and stir to combine.
  3. 3. Add the water and simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes over low heat.
  4. 4. Puree the soup on high until smooth (working in batches if you need to.)
  5. 5. Return the soup to the pot and re-heat. Gently stir in the cream and then season to taste with the salt.
  6. 6. Dish up the soup and top with a clump of fresh crab meat and garnish with a little fresh herb and a tiny sprinkle of mustard seeds.

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

Cooking time: 30 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

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Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Helllllllooooo loooooover……

Oh, excuse me. I was talking to my soup.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

My velvety, tomatoey, luscious, creamy, SPIIIIICYYYYYY soup. Topped with fresh, sweet crab, and tiny crunchy mustard seeds.

It’s beautiful, delicious, and seriously spicy. Just the way I like it. (If you are less interested in feeling the burn, just cut down or omit the jalapeno’s.)

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

I will be slurpin on this stuff all day long. And maybe tonight while I watch MY FIRST EVER REAL LIVE TELEVISION SHOW!!! AHHHHHHHEEEEWHOOOO!!!!!

Ok. Now I have calmed down. My kids will go “Oh, there’s mommy!” and then they will go right back to playing barbie’s. But I will force my husband to watch it laptop free and soak up each moment without dozing off. Not that he will want to, because it will be gripping and fascinating and most importantly heart-warming. I am actually being serious. It is a really sweet show. Um, and informative- because it is all about DIY!

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Read this post if you have any questions about what is going down on my first (of many!!) DIY “Rescue my Renovation” episodes. (Check your local programming– I think it is 9pm ET and 6pm PT)

Please don’t make fun of my hair or makeup which will be obviously terrible and very DIY (ha! Get it?)

Also, Rachel at RachelCooks.com was kind enough to let me blab on about what “A Day in the Life” loloks like for me. If you are interested in what that madness looks like head on over!

To make this Spicy Tomato Crab Soup, this is what you do:

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

In a large heavy pot, add the olive oil and the onion and sweat for 5 minutes over medium heat.Add the tomatoes, red peppers and jalapeno peppers ( 1 for a little spicy, two for a lot spicy!) and stir to combine.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Add the water and simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes over low heat.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Puree the soup on high until smooth (working in batches if you need to.) Return the soup to the pot and re-heat. Gently stir in the cream and then season to taste with the salt. Dish up the soup and top with a clump of fresh crab meat and garnish with a little fresh herb and a tiny sprinkle of mustard seeds.

Spicy Tomato and Crab Soup

Recipe: Spicy Tomato Crab Soup

Ingredients

  • -2 tablespoons olive oil
  • -1 yellow onion, diced
  • -3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • -2 red peppers, chopped, seeds and veins removed
  • -8 cups tomatoes
  • -1-2 jalapeno peppers sliced, stemmed but leave the seeds and veins
  • -4 cups water
  • -½ cup cream
  • -kosher salt
  • -½ lbs fresh picked crab
  • -mustard seeds for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1. In a large heavy pot, add the olive oil and the onion and sweat for 5 minutes over medium heat.
  2. 2. Add the tomatoes, garlic, red peppers and jalapeno peppers ( 1 for a little spicy, two for a lot spicy!) and stir to combine.
  3. 3. Add the water and simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes over low heat.
  4. 4. Puree the soup on high until smooth (working in batches if you need to.)
  5. 5. Return the soup to the pot and re-heat. Gently stir in the cream and then season to taste with the salt.
  6. 6. Dish up the soup and top with a clump of fresh crab meat and garnish with a little fresh herb and a tiny sprinkle of mustard seeds.

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

Cooking time: 30 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

Recipe by Heather Christo (http://heatherchristo.com)