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Easy Cioppino (Seafood Stew) Recipe

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This Easy Cioppino seafood stew features a flavorful tomato and white wine broth simmered with clams, mussels, cod or halibut, shrimp, and scallops for a hearty and comforting meal.

Ingredients

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Seafood Stew Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 medium sweet onion (diced)
  • 1 small fennel bulb (cored and diced)
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 3 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 3/4 cup dry white wine
  • 1 (28-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups vegetable stock
  • 2 cups clam juice
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
  • 12 little neck clams (scrubbed)
  • 1/2 pound mussels (scrubbed and debearded)
  • 1 pound cod or halibut filets (cut into 3/4-inch pieces)
  • 1/2 pound medium shrimp (peeled and deveined)
  • 8 large sea scallops
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Instructions

  1. Melt Butter and Cook Vegetables: Melt butter in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add onion and fennel. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 8 minutes.
  2. Add Tomato Paste and Spices: Stir in tomato paste, garlic, oregano and red pepper flakes until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  3. Simmer Broth: Stir in wine, diced tomatoes, vegetable stock, clam juice and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  4. Cook Clams and Mussels: Stir in clams and mussels. Reduce heat to low; cover, with a tight-fitting lid, and cook until the clams and mussels are just beginning to open, about 3-4 minutes.
  5. Add Remaining Seafood: Stir in cod or halibut, shrimp and scallops. Reduce heat and simmer until cod or halibut, shrimp and scallops are just cooked through and clams and mussels have opened completely, about 3-4 minutes. Discard any unopened clams.
  6. Finish with Parsley: Stir in parsley; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  7. Serve: Serve immediately.

Notes

    Find it online: https://yumfoodusa.com/easy-cioppino-seafood-stew-recipe/