Hi everyone, Welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, easy cioppino. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy Cioppino is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Easy Cioppino is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy cioppino using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Cioppino:
- 1 steamed dungeness crab, cleaned and cracked
- 24 small mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 24 small clams, scrubbed
- 40 medium shrimp in the shell, deveined
- 1 bag scallops, defrosted
- 1/2 lb calamari, cut into 1" bands
- 1/2 lb whole filet of halibut or other firm-flesh fish
- 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
- 1 small onion, halved and cut in thirds
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 small red bell pepper, cut in 2-inch strips
- 1/2 a fennel bulb, cut in thirds
- 2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 bay leaves
- 28 oz San Marzano tomatoes, crushed well by hand or pureed
- 2 big sprigs of basil
- 2 sprigs Italian flat parsley,
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- freshly ground black pepper
- sea salt
- 1 baguette loaf sourdough bread
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..
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