Cioppino- Fish Stew

I love making Cioppino.  It was intimidating at first but then I learned it was just fish stew with whatever you wanted to throw into it.  Here it goes, lots of fun!

                                     This is not a family recipe. I'm just practicing for my blog!

        Ciopinno ready to eat.

I forgot the celery.

The Ingredients:

1/4 cup olive oil

1 onion diced

4 cloves of garlic minced

2 ribs celery, chopped

bottle of clam juice

jar of Marinara sauce or tomatoes

1 1/2 cup red wine

1 cup chicken broth
1 bay leaf

1 tsp. dried basil

1 tsp. dried oregano

1/2 tsp. salt

2 pieces cod

10 clams

12 shrimp

parsley chopped

The Preparation:

1.  In a large pot, on medium low, heat the olive oil and saute the celery, onions and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes.  

                              Add the rest of the ingredients except seafood and fresh parsley.

                                              Add the wine and reduce for 5 minutes.

                                             Watch the beginning of Patriots football game.

Add Chicken broth

Add Clam Juice

 Add Maraina sauce

Let simmer for one hour.  I made this  ahead on Sunday for Monday Night Football dinner.

On Monday I added the fish to this stew!

The Next day:

I heated the fish soup base and first added the cod.  I had pieces of cod and cooked for about 10 minutes.  Next I added 10 clams and cooked until they opened, about another 10 minutes.

I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful small clams.

 Almost ready to serve and I added the shrimp.  I choose this selection of fish but you may choose other kinds of fish.  That's what makes it so fun.  I do like clams or mussels for the look of the shells in dish when served.  I served this with garlic bread.

We all enjoyed the Ciopinno.