Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, easy cioppino. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Cioppino is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Easy Cioppino is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Easy Cioppino:

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

Instructions 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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