Prep:20 min.
Cook: 30 min.This recipe serves:  6   
Preparation time: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients

 

one slice uncooked bacon, diced

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup chopped celery

one sprig fresh thyme

one bay leaf

one 1/2 cups clam juice or fish stock

six small red potatoes

one pound crab meat

two cups reduced fat (2%) milk

one red pepper, diced

one teaspoon chopped, fresh dill

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup
 

Amount Per Serving
 

Calories 233

Total Fat 3 g

Saturated Fat 1 g

Protein 22 g

Total Carbohydrate 33 g

Dietary Fiber 4 g

Sodium 477 mg

 

Percent Calories from Fat 12%

Percent Calories from Protein 36%

Percent Calories from Carbohydrate 52%

 

Cooking Instructions

 

1. Put the bacon in a soup pot and heat over low heat. Add the onion, celery, thyme, and bay leaf, turn the heat up to medium, and cook until the vegetables are soft, about ten minutes.

 

2. Dice the potatoes and add them to the soup pot with the clam juice. Simmer until the potatoes are just tender, about ten minutes. Add the milk, peppers, crab, and dill and cook until the crab is just heated through. Remove the

thyme and bay leaf. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste.