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Cioppino

Cioppino

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  • Yield: 12+ servings (a boat load of cioppino!)
  • You're needed for: 30 minutes
  • Until it's done: 60 minutes

Hot, spicy and ridiculously flavorful. A true winter treat.

Ingredients:

  • onion - 1 chopped
  • tomato paste - 6 oz can (most of it)
  • diced tomatoes - 28 oz can (all of it), or equivalent fresh if you're feeling saucy
  • vegetable broth - 4 cups (i used one full box from trader joes)
  • bay leaf - 1 (optional)
  • white wine - 1 1/2 cups (half bottle) of the dry stuff
  • fish fillets - 2 lbs (i used trader joe's frozen tilapia and golden tilefish)
  • extra virgin olive oil - couple tablespoons
  • salt & pepper
  • crushed red pepper
  • garlic - fresh is best

Instructions:

PREP:

  1. Chop onion.
  2. Mince garlic (or just use garlic powder).
  3. Cut fresh (or defrosted) fish into bite-sized cubes.
  4. Place dutch oven (big soup pot) on medium heat.

COOK:

  1. Simmer onion for in e.v.o.o. for 10 minutes or until translucent.
  2. Add everything else but the fish.
  3. Mix.
  4. Cover.
  5. Let it simmer for 30 minutes on medium heat.
  6. Stir occasionally. It should bubble and allow flavors to mesh.
  7. Add (uncooked) fish.
  8. Reduce heat to medium-low.
  9. Let it simmer for 5-10 minutes
  10. Add more crushed red, salt, and pepper to taste.
  11. Serve.
  12. Be warm, spicy and happy.

Useful tips for Cioppino

Cioppino is pronounced “cha-PEE-no.” Making it requires very few useful tips. It’s basically, “Throw it all in a big pot and wait 30 minutes.”

I figured out how to chop onions without crying. I used my Vitamix. Literally threw it in and mixed on low for 5 seconds. Perfectly chopped onions. If you 'chop by hand, don't chop the pieces too small. They're nice to see in your spoonful of soup.

Dry white wine is secret number one. Here's what I used for tomatoes, wine, bay leaves and vegetable broth.

Crushed red pepper is secret number two. Don't be shy with it. The spicier the better.

The fish will cook in five minutes. Ten at the most.

This recipe makes a ton. Bring it to work. Your colleagues will be jealous. Just have patience microwaving it. It's thick, so takes a few minutes.

For useful tips, food photography and the full post, visit:
Lifeisnoyoke.com/cioppino/