Crab And Creamed Corn Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 slices bacon
1 (No. 2) can creamed corn or use fresh corn
1 large chopped onion
2 Tbsp. butter
2 c. water
1 chopped bell pepper
2 bay leaves
1/2 c. chopped celery
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
2 Tbsp. flour
1 qt. milk
2 dashes Tabasco
salt and pepper to taste
1 lb. crab meat

Preparation

Dice bacon and cook on low heat in a heavy soup kettle until almost all the fat is rendered.
Pour off rendered fat and add corn, pepper, celery, onion, bay leaves and water.
Cook, stirring often, for 10 to 15 minutes.
In a saucepan, melt butter and stir in the flour; when bubbly, add milk, stirring constantly.
Cook, continuing to stir, until steaming hot; add corn mixture and crab. Mix well and season to taste with salt, pepper and Tabasco.
Cook and stir 15 minutes more.
Serves 4.