Easy Creamy Crab and Asparagus Soup

Name: Easy Creamy Crab and Asparagus Soup
Total time: 55
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 slices bacon, diced small; ½ cup minced onion; 1 clove garlic, crushed; ½ cup yellow bell pepper, diced; 1 cup diced potato; ¾ cup asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 8 ounces crabmeat; 2 cups skim milk; 1 cup half-and-half; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Recipe by gax000 from allrecipes.com

55 Mins.

Ingredients

6 servings

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2 slices bacon, diced small
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½ cup minced onion
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1 clove garlic, crushed
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½ cup yellow bell pepper, diced
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1 cup diced potato
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¾ cup asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces

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8 ounces crabmeat
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2 cups skim milk
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1 cup half-and-half
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1 teaspoon salt
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½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

Cook and stir the bacon and onion in a saucepan over medium-high heat until the onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
Stir the garlic and yellow bell pepper into the bacon mixture; cook and stir together another 2 minutes.
Mix the diced potato, asparagus, crabmeat, skim milk, half-and-half, salt, and black pepper into the bacon mixture; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium, and cook until the potatoes are tender, 20 to 30 minutes.