Easy Mediterranean Seafood Stew

Description

This fish stew features a beautiful, rich, tomato-based broth with yellow tail, shrimp, calamari, and clams.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups peeled and cubed potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
  • 1 medium onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
  • 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
  • 1 (16 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 cup fish stock
  • 10 ounces white fish, cut into small chunks
  • 1 pound clams in shell, scrubbed
  • 10 ounces uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 8 ounces cleaned calamari, sliced into thin rings
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • ½ lemon, juiced
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender
  2. about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  3. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and crushed red pepper. Cook and stir until onion is soft
  4. 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
  5. Increase heat to medium-high and add tomatoes
  6. reserved potatoes
  7. and white wine. Bring to a simmer. Cook
  8. breaking the tomatoes up with a spoon
  9. 8 to 10 minutes. Pour in fish stock and return to a simmer.
  10. Add white fish to the pot
  11. nestling the pieces down into the broth. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add clams
  12. shrimp
  13. and calamari. Simmer until shrimp are pink and clams have opened
  14. 3 to 5 minutes. Remove and discard any unopened clams.
  15. Turn off the heat and stir in basil
  16. parsley
  17. lemon juice
  18. lemon zest. Ladle into bowls to serve.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 6

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