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Killer Shrimp Soup

Total Time

3 Hours 15 Minutes

Servings

8

Ingredients

  • 2 quarts chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons rosemary
  • 5 cloves finely chopped garlic
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
  • 8 fluid ounces clam juice
  • 1/2 (6 ounce) can tomato puree
  • 2 cups butter
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 2 pounds shrimp, with tails
  • 1 (1 pound) loaf French bread

Instructions

  1. Pour broth into a large pot, and mix in rosemary, garlic, pepper, celery seed, fennel seed, clam juice, tomato puree, and butter. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
  2. Stir wine into the soup, and continue to simmer and occasionally stir 2 hours.
  3. Just before serving, stir in shrimp. Continue cooking 3 minutes, or until shrimp are opaque.
  4. Serve with bread for soaking up all the yummy broth.