Spicy Crab and Shrimp Soup

⏱ 40 mins 🍽 8 cups, 4 serving(s) 🏷 Crab

This is a substantial seafood soup, originally from the Robert Morris Inn. It combines crabmeat and shrimp with pearl barley in a flavourful, spiced tomato base made with clam juice and dry sherry. The result is a warming and satisfying dish, ideal for serving with fresh crusty bread to complete the meal. It takes about 40 minutes to prepare.

Spicy Crab and Shrimp Soup

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 )

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan.
  2. Add the chopped onion and celery to the pan.
  3. Cook the vegetables until they become tender, which should take about 6 minutes.
  4. Pour in the clam juice, the diced tomatoes with their juice, and the dry sherry.
  5. Bring the mixture to a boil.
  6. Stir in the next eight ingredients, which are the tomato juice, pearl barley, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, Old Bay Seasoning, dried oregano, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and Tabasco.
  7. Allow the soup to simmer, stirring it frequently, until the barley is tender. This will take about 25 minutes.
  8. Add the peeled shrimp and the picked-over crabmeat to the pot and simmer for about 3 minutes, or until the shrimp are fully cooked.
  9. Season the finished soup with salt and pepper to your taste.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium2025600 mg

Recipe details

CategoryCrab
Authormjmurr