Spicy Crab And Shrimp Soup - cooking recipe

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 )

Preparation

Melt butter in heavy saucepan over meduium-high heat.
add onion and celery ,.
saute' until tender ,about 6 minutes.
Add clam juice , tomatoes with their jucies and sherry.
Bring to a boil.
Add next 8 ingredients.
Simmer until barley is tender ,stirring often about 25 minutes.
Add seafood to soup, simmer until shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
season with salt and pepper.
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