Step-by-Step Guide to Make Award-winning Easy Cioppino

Easy Cioppino.

Hello everybody, it's Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, easy cioppino. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Easy Cioppino is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Easy Cioppino is something which I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Easy Cioppino:

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