Recipe from Happily Unprocessed
INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 cup organic butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp chicken base
- 1/4 cup onion chopped very finely
- 1 1/2 cups organic heavy cream, warmed
- 1 1/2 cups whole organic milk, warmed and separated 1 cup and 1/2 cup
- 8 oz REAL canned crabmeat
- 1/2 cup sherry
- handful of chopped green onion for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a medium saucepan melt the butter over med/low heat
- When melted, add the onion and cook until the onion is tender, but not browned. Approx 3-4 min
- Add the flour, salt and pepper and chicken base, stir and cook 1 min more to burn off any raw flour taste, stirring frequently
- Warm the milk and the heavy cream in the microwave just until warm
- Slowly add 1 cup milk (reserving the other 1/2 cup until later) and then the heavy cream
- Add the crab
- Cook on medium for 5 minutes until thick, stirring constantly
- Add the remaining milk and then add the sherry
- Continue cooking until warmed through making sure to NOT BOIL
- Serve warm or at room temperature and garnish with green onions
