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Easy Cioppino (Seafood Stew)

Easy Cioppino (Seafood Stew)

Easy Cioppino is the BEST ever seafood stew, loaded with clams, mussels, cod, shrimp, and scallops.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 servings
Calories 300 kcal

Equipment

  • Stockpot
  • Dutch oven

Ingredients
  

Seafood Ingredients

  • 12 little neck clams scrubbed
  • ½ pound mussels scrubbed and debearded
  • 1 pound cod or halibut filets cut into ¾-inch pieces
  • ½ pound medium shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 8 large sea scallops

Base 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
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • ¾ 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
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Instructions
 

Cooking Steps

  • 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.
  • Stir in tomato paste, garlic, oregano and red pepper flakes until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Stir in parsley; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

This dish is best served fresh and can be garnished with additional parsley if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowlCalories: 300kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 25gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 80mgSodium: 700mgPotassium: 600mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 800IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Cioppino, Easy Cioppino, Seafood, seafood stew, stew
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