There are many different ways to prepare dishes with crab meat. If you are looking for a great comfort recipe, this is the one for you. Crab Pot Pie takes the traditional ingredients of chicken or turkey pot pie recipes and turns the ordinary pot pie recipe into a fabulous seafood stuffed pot pie with veggies. The crispiness of the pot pie combined with the savory buttery crab makes this recipe a favorite for many generations.

Crab Pot Pie

Ingredients
1.5 lbs crab meat (blue crab, dungeness crab, or snow crab)
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup flour
2 cups of chicken stock
3 ounces of melted butter
1.5 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup sherry
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 pie dough for covering 9X12 inch pie pan

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Saute the carrots, celery, and onions in butter until they are soft but still slightly firm. Next, add the flour to the saute’d vegetables and cook for about 3 minutes. Continue adding the sherry, chicken stock, and cream and stir until smooth. Add the peas and crab and simmer for about 4 minutes. Add the seasonings and simmer for 1 minute longer.

Prepare the pie baking dish by placing the pie dough in it as if you are making a pie but leave several inches of dough on the outside of the pie pan so that you can cover the mixture. Add the mixture into the baking dish and cover with the pie dough. Seal the edges and bake for 30 minutes. The crust should be golden brown when done.

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