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    Vegetables, Meats Dutch Starkist® 6 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1 c Sliced onion
    2 Stalks celery; cut diagonally into slices
    2 Cloves garlic; minced
    1 tb Vegetable oil
    4 c Chicken broth
    1 cn (28 ounces) tomatoes with juice; cut up
    1 cn (6-1/2 ounces) minced clams with juice
    1/2 c Dry white wine
    1 ts Worcestershire sauce
    1/2 ts Dried thyme; crushed
    1/4 ts Bottled hot pepper sauce
    1 Bay leaf
    1 c Frozen cooked bay shrimp; thawed
    1 cn (6-1/2 ounces) starkist tuna; drained and broken into chunks
    Salt and pepper to taste
    6 sl Lemon
    6 sl French bread

    INSTRUCTIONS

    In a Dutch oven saute. onion, celery and garlic in oil for 3 minutes. Stir
in broth, tomatoes with juice, clams with juice, wine, Worcestershire,
thyme, hot pepper sauce and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer
for 15 minutes. Stir in shrimp and tuna; cook for 2 minutes to heat. Remove
bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with lemon slices and serve
with bread.
Recipe by: StarKist®
Posted to brand-name-recipes by Barbra<barbra@pipeline.com> on Feb 19, 1998

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