Easy Cioppino
Easy Cioppino

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, easy cioppino. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Cioppino is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Easy Cioppino is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Easy Cioppino:
  1. Prepare 1 steamed dungeness crab, cleaned and cracked
  2. Take 24 small mussels, scrubbed and debearded
  3. Prepare 24 small clams, scrubbed
  4. Take 40 medium shrimp in the shell, deveined
  5. Take 1 bag scallops, defrosted
  6. Prepare 1/2 lb calamari, cut into 1" bands
  7. Get 1/2 lb whole filet of halibut or other firm-flesh fish
  8. Take 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  9. Take 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. Take 1/2 a fennel bulb, cut in thirds
  13. Make ready 2 tsp red pepper flakes
  14. Get 2 bay leaves
  15. Get 28 oz San Marzano tomatoes, crushed well by hand or pureed
  16. Get 2 big sprigs of basil
  17. Make ready 2 sprigs Italian flat parsley,
  18. Make ready 1 tsp dried oregano
  19. Get freshly ground black pepper
  20. Take sea salt
  21. Take 1 baguette loaf sourdough bread
Steps 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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