Lime-Crab Soup

A refreshing Mexican-inspired soup combining sweet corn, zesty lime, and succulent crabmeat, finished with creamy avocado and warming chipotle heat. Perfect for a light but satisfying meal.

4 servings
15 min

Ingredients

  • 4 whole limes, zested and juiced
  • 3 cups fresh corn, cut from about 6 cobs
  • ½ whole chipotle chile in adobo sauce, seeded, plus 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
  • 4 cups reduced-sodium nonfat chicken broth
  • ½ teaspoon salt, divided
  • ½ pound cooked crabmeat
  • 1 whole avocado, pitted and diced
  • ¼ cup packed chopped fresh cilantro
  • ½ teaspoon crushed cumin seeds
  • 4 ounces tortilla chips or strips (optional)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Reserve 1 tablespoon lime juice. Blend remaining lime juice, zest, corn kernels, chile, adobo sauce, broth and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth. Divide soup among 4 bowls. Toss crabmeat, avocado, cilantro, cumin seeds, reserved lime juice and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Sprinkle soup with crab mixture and serve with tortilla chips, if desired.

    15 min

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