🦐🌊 Italian Seafood Cioppino - A Coastal Delight! 🌶️🍞
This Seafood Cioppino is a hearty and flavorful seafood stew loaded with shrimp, clams, fish, and more, all simmered in a rich, aromatic tomato and wine broth. Serve it with crusty bread to soak up all that deliciousness! 🥖❤️
📌 Ingredients:
For the Cioppino:
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced (optional)
1 large red bell pepper, diced
1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 1/2 cups dry white wine (like Sauvignon Blanc)
4 cups seafood or fish stock (or chicken broth)
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional, for heat)
Salt and black pepper, to taste
1 lb clams, scrubbed
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 lb white fish, cut into chunks (like cod or halibut)
1/2 lb crab meat (optional but delicious!)
Fresh parsley and chives, chopped (for garnish)
Toasted crusty bread, for serving
📖 Instructions:
1. Prepare the Base:
Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat.
Add onions, garlic, fennel, and red bell pepper. Cook until softened (about 8 minutes).
2. Add Tomatoes and Wine:
Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, white wine, and stock.
Add oregano, thyme, red pepper flakes (if using), salt, and pepper.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, allowing flavors to meld.
3. Add Seafood:
Add clams first, cover, and cook until they begin to open (about 5 minutes).
Add shrimp, white fish, and crab meat (if using).
Simmer for another 5-7 minutes, or until all seafood is cooked through and clams are fully open. (Discard any clams that do not open).
4. Serve:
Ladle the cioppino into bowls and garnish with fresh parsley and chives.
Serve hot with toasted crusty bread for dipping.
💡 Tips:
Feel free to use your favorite seafood – mussels, scallops, or squid work wonderfully too!
Want more heat? Add extra red pepper flakes or a splash of hot sauce.
Serve with lemon wedges for extra brightness.
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