Big Ed's Cajun Shrimp Soup

Doing a search for some exciting Cajun soups, I came up with this wonderful recipe on Allrecipes.com. I hope you will enjoy it!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped green bell pepper
• 1⁄4 cup  sliced green onion
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 3  cups  tomato cocktail juice
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle  clam juice
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1  bay leaf
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup  uncooked long-grain white rice
• 3⁄4 lb fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
•  hot pepper sauce

Directions

1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Saute green bell pepper, onions, and garlic until tender.
2. Stir in vegetable juice, clam juice, and water.
3. Season with thyme, basil, red pepper, bay leaf, and salt.
4. Bring to a boil, and stir in rice. Reduce heat, and cover.
5. Simmer 15 minutes, until rice is tender.
6. Stir in shrimp, and cook 5 minutes, or until shrimp are opaque.
7. Remove the bay leaf, and season with hot sauce.
8. Serves 6.