Seafood Soup With Tomato Juice Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cup diced salt pork
Hot water
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium-sized onion, diced
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups boiling water
1 can (12 oz.) tomato juice
1 can or bottle (12 oz.) clam juice
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 cups diced potato
1/2 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon minced fresh or dry thyme
Salt to taste
1 cup raw crab meat
1/2 cup shelled raw shrimp
1 jar (10 oz.) small oysters
Directions
Scald the pork by covering with hot water for a few minutes; drain.
Heat pork with the butter in a large pan; add onion and cook over medium heat until browned.
Blend in flour; gradually stir in the water, tomato juice, and clam juice.
Add celery, green pepper, potato, and seasonings.
Simmer about 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
Add crab and shrimp; simmer 10 minutes more.
Add oysters; cook 5 minutes, or until edges curl.
Heat pork with the butter in a large pan; add onion and cook over medium heat until browned.
Blend in flour; gradually stir in the water, tomato juice, and clam juice.
Add celery, green pepper, potato, and seasonings.
Simmer about 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
Add crab and shrimp; simmer 10 minutes more.
Add oysters; cook 5 minutes, or until edges curl.