Spicy Crab And Shrimp Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter sticks (3/4)
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup celery
• 4 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
• 14 ounces diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1/4 cup pearl barley
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce (tabasco )
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 lb uncooked medium shrimp, peeled deveined
• 1/2 lb crabmeat (picked over )

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in heavy saucepan over meduium-high heat.
• 2 add onion and celery ,.
• 3 saute' until tender ,about 6 minutes.
• 4 add clam juice , tomatoes with their jucies and sherry.
• 5 bring to a boil.
• 6 add next 8 ingredients.
• 7 simmer until barley is tender ,stirring often about 25 minutes.
• 8 add seafood to soup, simmer until shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• 9 season with salt and pepper.
• 10 .