Easy Cioppino
Easy Cioppino

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, easy cioppino. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Easy Cioppino is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Easy Cioppino is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have easy cioppino using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Cioppino:
  1. Take 1 steamed dungeness crab, cleaned and cracked
  2. Make ready 24 small mussels, scrubbed and debearded
  3. Get 24 small clams, scrubbed
  4. Make ready 40 medium shrimp in the shell, deveined
  5. Get 1 bag scallops, defrosted
  6. Make ready 1/2 lb calamari, cut into 1" bands
  7. Make ready 1/2 lb whole filet of halibut or other firm-flesh fish
  8. Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  9. Prepare 1 small onion, halved and cut in thirds
  10. Take 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  11. Prepare 1 small red bell pepper, cut in 2-inch strips
  12. Make ready 1/2 a fennel bulb, cut in thirds
  13. Prepare 2 tsp red pepper flakes
  14. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  15. Prepare 28 oz San Marzano tomatoes, crushed well by hand or pureed
  16. Prepare 2 big sprigs of basil
  17. Take 2 sprigs Italian flat parsley,
  18. Get 1 tsp dried oregano
  19. Prepare freshly ground black pepper
  20. Get sea salt
  21. Prepare 1 baguette loaf sourdough bread
Instructions to make Easy Cioppino:
  1. Heat olive oil and garlic in a large pot over medium-high heat for about 1 minute.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Add clams and mussels to the pot and cook for 2 minutes.
  6. Add the fish fillet, scallops, shrimp, calamari and prawns. Cover the pot and simmer rapidly for about 5 minutes.
  7. Add the steamed crab and stir well. Cook until the mussels and clams open, about 4 more minutes.
  8. Transfer cioppino into a large bowl and serve immediately with the grilled sourdough bread..

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