Quick Cioppino Recipes

CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a very large pot over medium heat. Add the fennel, onion, shallots, and salt and saute until the onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and 3/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes, and saute 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste. Add tomatoes with their juices, wine, fish stock and bay leaf. Cover and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until the flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
• Add the clams and mussels to the cooking liquid. Cover and cook until the clams and mussels begin to open, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and fish. Simmer gently until the fish and shrimp are just cooked through, and the clams are completely open, stirring gently, about 5 minutes longer (discard any clams and mussels that do not open). Season the soup, to taste, with more salt and red pepper flakes.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and serve.

QUICK CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook for 4 minutes. Add thyme, salt, pepper, and red-pepper flakes, and cook for 1 minute. Add wine, and simmer for 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, juices, and water. Cover, and simmer for 25 minutes. Add seafood, cover, and cook until shells open, 6 to 8 minutes. (Discard unopened shells and thyme sprigs.) Garnish with parsley, and serve immediately.

QUICK CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat oil in large, heavy pot over medium-high heat.
• Add next 4 ingredients; saute 6 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, clam juice, and wine; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium; simmer 18 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add all seafood and 2 tablespoons parsley.
• Simmer until seafood is opaque in center, about 3 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with parsley.

SHORTCUT CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat oil in large kettle over moderately high heat 2 minutes. Add onions, stir-fry mix, garlic, bay leaves, oregano, and basil and cook, stirring often, until onions are golden, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, salsa, clam juice, and wine; bring to simmering, adjust heat so mixture bubbles gently, and cook uncovered just until flavors meld, about 20 minutes.
• Add halibut and shrimp and cook uncovered just until shrimp turn pink and fish almost flakes, about 5 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves, season to taste with salt and pepper, then serve with rough country bread.

CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Over medium-low heat melt butter in a large stockpot, add onions, garlic and parsley. Cook slowly, stirring occasionally until onions are soft.
• Add tomatoes to the pot (break them into chunks as you add them). Add chicken broth, bay leaves, basil, thyme, oregano, water and wine. Mix well. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Stir in the shrimp, scallops, clams, mussels and crabmeat. Stir in fish, if desired. Bring to boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer 5 to 7 minutes until clams open. Ladle soup into bowls and serve with warm, crusty bread!

QUICK CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add next 4 ingredients; sauté 6 minutes. Add tomatoes, clam juice, and wine; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 18 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add all seafood and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer until seafood is opaque in center, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper, ladle into bowls, and sprinkle with parsley.

CHEF JOHN'S CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Combine butter and olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-low heat.
• Stir in onion and celery with a pinch of salt; cook until onion is soft and golden, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir wine into onion mixture; increase heat to high and bring to a simmer.
• Stir in tomato puree, water, bay leaf, oregano, red pepper flakes, and Worcestershire sauce. Reduce heat to low and simmer 35 minutes.
• Increase heat to high and bring mixture to a boil. Stir in lemon and cod, return to simmer, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in crab, shrimp, and mussels. Cover and simmer until all mussels are cooked and open, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in fresh parsley and basil; season with salt and pepper to taste.

QUICK SLAP-DASH CIOPPINO

Steps:

• Grate your veggies, and saute over med-high heat until transluscent.
• Add in the rest of the ingredients up to the fish. Bring to a boil, then stir and reduce over medium heat until desired consistency/flavor.
• Add in fish in the order laid out, with the scallops going in the very last- these should cook for only a few minutes (only just cooked through), as any longer will give you rubbery white pellets.
• Season to taste.