Crabby Potato Soup Recipe

Ingredients

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• 1 generous swirl of olive oil around the bottom of the stock pot shopping list
• 3 slices thick cut butcher's bacon shopping list
• 2 large yellow onions, chopped shopping list
• 3 cloves of garlic, rough chop shopping list
• 3 stalks of celery chopped shopping list
• 3 carrots chopped shopping list
• 6 yukon gold potatoes peeled and cubed (not tiny, you want to taste the potato later) shopping list
• 1 bay leaf shopping list
• 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, your choice (I like cayenne in this) shopping list
• 4 cups of chicken broth shopping list
• 2 teaspoons of lobster base (I know, who has that in their pantry?) shopping list
• 1 cups of water shopping list
• 1 can of diced tomatoes and green chilies (I buy these by the case) shopping list
• 1 10 oz. can of refrigerated crab meat (don't get the expensive stuff) shopping list
• 1/8 cup of dry cocktail sherry shopping list
• 1/2 cup of heavy cream shopping list