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Easy Cioppino is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Easy Cioppino is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
A classic seafood stew with a little bit of everything from the sea. Shrimp, scallops, clams, mussels, and crab meat; seasoned with oregano, thyme and basil. Serve with a loaf of warm, crusty bread for sopping up the delicious broth!
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook easy cioppino using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Cioppino:
- Make ready 1 steamed dungeness crab, cleaned and cracked
- Take 24 small mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- Take 24 small clams, scrubbed
- Take 40 medium shrimp in the shell, deveined
- Make ready 1 bag scallops, defrosted
- Prepare 1/2 lb calamari, cut into 1" bands
- Prepare 1/2 lb whole filet of halibut or other firm-flesh fish
- Take 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
- Prepare 1 small onion, halved and cut in thirds
- Prepare 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Take 1 small red bell pepper, cut in 2-inch strips
- Get 1/2 a fennel bulb, cut in thirds
- Get 2 tsp red pepper flakes
- Get 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 28 oz San Marzano tomatoes, crushed well by hand or pureed
- Prepare 2 big sprigs of basil
- Prepare 2 sprigs Italian flat parsley,
- Get 1 tsp dried oregano
- Prepare freshly ground black pepper
- Prepare sea salt
- Prepare 1 baguette loaf sourdough bread
I have been making this for so long, can't recall where it came from. In a large pot over medium heat, heat the olive oil, and saute the onion, garlic, bell pepper, and chile pepper until tender. Add parsley, salt and pepper, basil, oregano, thyme, tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, paprika, cayenne pepper, and juice from the clams. Giada De Laurentiis' Cioppino, an Italian-American fisherman's stew, is a lighter alternative to heavy holiday meals, from Everyday Italian on Food Network.
Steps to make Easy Cioppino:
- Heat olive oil and garlic in a large pot over medium-high heat for about 1 minute.
- Add the onions, fennel, red bell pepper, bay leaf and red pepper flakes. Add sea salt and black pepper to taste. Saute over medium-high heat until the onions are translucent, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in tomatoes and add the basil, parsley and oregano. Continue cooking over medium high heat, stirring occasionally until the sauce is reduced by a third.
- While the sauce thickens, cut the sourdough baguette into half-inch slices and toast or grill on both sides until crisp. Coat lightly with garlic and olive oil. Set aside in a serving bowl.
- Add clams and mussels to the pot and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the fish fillet, scallops, shrimp, calamari and prawns. Cover the pot and simmer rapidly for about 5 minutes.
- Add the steamed crab and stir well. Cook until the mussels and clams open, about 4 more minutes.
- Transfer cioppino into a large bowl and serve immediately with the grilled sourdough bread..
A simple authentic Cioppino Recipe that is easy to make and full of flavor. Fresh fish and seafood bathed in a light and fragrant tomato broth. Serve with crusty bread to mop up all the juices. Cioppino is a San Francisco classic. Easy to make, delicious every time.
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