Seafood Cioppino

Recipe from Ralph & Patty

Ingredients

Ingredients
1/4 C	olive oil
1	onion (chopped)
4 cloves	garlic (minced)
1	green bell pepper (chopped)
1	red chili pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 C	chopped fresh parsley
to taste	salt
to taste	pepper
2 tsp	dried basil
1 tsp	oregano
1 tsp	thyme
1 (28 oz) can	crushed tomatoes
1 (8 oz) can	tomato sauce
1/2 C	water
1 pinch	paprika
1 pinch	cayenne pepper
1 C	white wine
1 (10 oz) can	minced clams, drained with juice reserved
25	mussels (cleaned and debearderd)
25	shrimp
10 oz	scallops
1 lb	cod fillets (cubed)
	celery (optional)
	lemon (optional)

 

Preparation

Prepare soup base (1 to 2 hours)

1. In a large pot over medium heat, heat the olive oil
2. Saute the onion, garlic, bell pepper, and chili pepper until tender.
3. Add parsley salt and pepper, basil, oregano, thyme, tomatoes tomato sauce, water, paprika , cayenne pepper, and juice form the clams.
4. Stir well, reduce heat and simmer 1 to 2 hours, adding wine a little at a time.

Add seafood (10 minutes)

1. About 10 minutes before serving, add clams, mussels, prawns, scallops, and cod. Turn the Heat up slightly and stir. When the seafood is cooked through (the mussels will have opened, the prawns turned pink, and th code will be flaky) serve your delicious cioppino

Serve with rice and salad