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Baja Seafood Stew

Type: Fish, Vegetables
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozOnion; chopped - 1 medium
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozGreen chiles - chopped
2   Garlic cloves - finely chopped
1/4 cup 59mlOlive oil
2 cups 474mlWhite wine - dry
1 tablespoon 15mlOrange peel - grated
1 1/2 cups 355mlOrange juice
1 tablespoon 15mlSugar
1 tablespoon 15mlCilantro; fresh - snipped
1 teaspoon 5mlBasil leaves - dried
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlPepper
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlOregano leaves - dried
28 oz 795gItalian plum tomatoes - *
24   Soft-shell clams - scrubbed
1 1/2 lbs 681g / 24ozShrimp; raw - shelled, med.
1 lb 454g / 16ozFish - **
6 oz 170gCrabmeat; frozen - ***

Recipe Instructions

Cook and stir onion, chiles, and garlic in oil in 6-quart Dutch oven until onion is tender. Stir in remaining ingredients except seafood. Heat to boiling; reduce heat.

Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Add clams; cover and simmer until clams open, 5 to 10 minutes. (Discard any clams that have not opened.) Carefully stir in shrimp, fish and crabmeat.

Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until shrimp are pink and fish flakes easily with fork, 4 to 5 minutes.

Hints

* Use 1 24oz can of Italian Plum Tomatoes that are undrained and cut in half.

** The following fish can be used: cod, sea bass, mahi-mahi or red snapper fillets that are cut into 1-inch pieces.

*** Crabmeat should be thawed, drained and cartilage removed.


Source:
Mrs. Neel Garland

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