Cioppino

Cioppino Recipe

The base for the soup can be made ahead of time, and the seafood added to the hot base and cooked to completion just before serving. Cioppino is not one of those soups that tastes better the next day. Adapted from a recipe by Executive Chef Romero Miraflor, of Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto, Berkeley, Calif., whose original version also includes ¼ pound calamari. If you decide to use it, add at the end to avoid overcooking.



Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound Manila clams
1 pound black mussels
4 crab legs
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
¼ onion, thinly sliced
¼ cup chopped bell peppers (red, yellow or green)
½ cup diced tomatoes
¾ pound medium shrimp
½ cup red wine
1 ½ cup hearty lower-sodium tomato sauce
1 ¾ cup lower-sodium chicken or fish stock or broth
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
½ teaspoon oregano
Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
1. Heat oil in a large sauté pan and add clams, mussels and crab. Cook, covered, 1 to 2 minutes. Add garlic, onions, chopped peppers, tomatoes and shrimp. Add red wine and deglaze pan by scraping bottom to loosen browned bits. Add tomato sauce, chicken stock, basil, salt, pepper flakes and oregano. Cover and cook until shellfish are done and shells have opened.
2. Serve in large pasta bowls with garlic bread or San Francisco sourdough bread. Serves 4 to 6.

"Relish the American Table," August 8, 2006.

Nutritional Information
Per serving: 460 calories, 10g fat, 65g prot., 19g carbs., 1g fiber, 1630mg sodium.


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