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This 20-minute seafood stew has a light broth made from tomatoes, garlic, fresh herbs, and white wine. It’s also packed full of fresh cod and shrimp.
Can we talk about my weird-ass love for oldies music? I’m not even kidding when I say that 2 out of the 4 channels on my Pandora (yes, I still listen to Pandora) are for golden era types of oldies.
If you want to get technical, all my channels are really “oldies” since they are as follows:
- 90’s hip hop
- 90’s country
- Golden oldies
- Classic country
So, depending on my mood, you can find me jamming in several different ways.
I’ll either be cursing along to rap, reminiscing about beer drinking next to bonfires in high school, pretending I’m my dad’s age by loving all golden oldies or thinking about the times I used to watch the Grand Ole Opry with my grandparents.
I’m a big ball of weird when it comes to music.
So, while I’ve probably never changed when it comes to my music, one thing that has changed over time is my willingness to try foods I used to hate.
As a kid, I would cry if forced to eat fish. My stepdad would make beer-battered perch, and I would sit at the table crying about how I wouldn’t say I liked it – every. single. time. He would swear he didn’t know I hated fish and would force me to eat it.
So there I sat for hours crying while plugging my nose and trying to eat cold, soggy, battered fish. No Bueno.
When I got older, I realized I was being irrational, and I needed to get my shit together and start eating fish. It’s good for me, and according to most people, it’s pretty delicious.
So, in the past few years, I have slowly incorporated more fish into my diet. That’s why when I reached out to Sizzlefish to see if they wanted to work together, I was psyched when they said, “Absolutely!”
Besides this plain, delicious stew, it’s ready in about 20 minutes.
The seafood only takes a couple minutes, so you drop it in right at the end, and in no time, you’re sitting down to a hearty bowl of stew that is best when served with a side of bread to sop up all that broth.
I also made some (totally optional) buttery toasted herb panko crumbs. They were the perfect little crunch for the top of the stew.
I also served each bowl with a lemon wedge because, if you’re like me, you love citrus everything, and it’s perfect with seafood.
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Seafood Stew
Ingredients
For seafood stew:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (15 ounce) can Italian seasoned diced tomatoes
- 1 cup seafood stock
- ¾ cup dry white wine
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 pound skinned cod, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 pound fresh large, 31-35 shrimp, shelled and deveined
- ⅓ cup finely chopped fresh basil
- ⅓ cup finely chopped fresh parsley
- ½ fresh lemon, juiced
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
For panko crumbs:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper, to taste
Instructions
For seafood stew:
- In a 6-quart soup pot add olive oil and set over medium heat. Once the oil is slightly warm add in the garlic and saute for a few minutes so the garlic is fragrant but not browning.
- Stir in the tomatoes, stock, wine and crushed red pepper. Let simmer for about 10 minutes just to help the flavors come together.
- After about 10 minutes add in the cod and shrimp. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes just to cook through the seafood. This step could take less time and you don’t want it to overcook so keep an eye on the food.
- Once finished cooking remove from the heat and stir in basil, parsley and lemon juice. Taste and season with desired amount of kosher salt.
For panko crumbs:
- In a small skillet set over medium heat add butter. Once the butter is melted add in remaining ingredients. Cook for about 5 minutes just to get the panko crumbs nice and toasted brown.
This is the kind of meal I love to make for date night. It looks fancy and tastes divine but is actually so easy.
Still in awe how you manage these meals with such little cooking time! You are amazing! And I love me some Oldies (my Dad does not understand how his little girl loves his music but then enjoys Metal, lol.)
20 minutes and loaded with seafood? Sign me up!
this is a meal my husband would flip for! he is all about the seafood stew
So elegant! I’d like that for dinner ANY night!
Oldies are the best, so much more upbeat than some of today’s music. This seafood stew looks so good! I’m jealous that you have access to such great seafood live near the coast, that’s the one thing that sucks about living in Colorado. Perfect easy recipe!
If I could only eat fish and seafood as my proteins for the rest of my life, I would be (mostly) happy. (Mostly because bacon!) This is totally my kind of soup, I have to make a pot soon.
20 minutes! That’s so exciting. Most of the seafood stews and soups I think of making but never do look like extreme labors of love and suffering (cioppino). Looks delicious!
20 minute easy meals are always welcomed! This looks like comfort food too!
Ok, I totally love your music selection. I always find myself turning to my 90s stations. And this soup looks amazing! Love how fast it is to put it together.