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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.
I can’t pass up a meal that only takes 20 minutes to make! Sold!
Awww… I have tearful memories crying over haddock back in ritz cracker crumbs. And now … I could eat fish every freaking day! If only I had the budget. 😉 I have never heard of sizzlefish!! I need to check them out. And, of course, this recipe looks amazing. So making it! I bet my kids would devour it, too. Thankfully my kids have a better attitude about fish than I did.
Every time I see a seafood stew I immediately conjure up the image of Julia Child’s video on making bouillabaisse where she’s chucking in whole fish heads and such! 🙂 Yours is much more approachable and it looks delicious!
Welcome to the fish club!! This looks just amazing, and for only 20 minutes, wow!
I love oldies too! 🙂 🙂
This stew looks wonderful! I love using seafood in stews, they come together so quickly!
I love old songs too! When we were down in Wilmington the other weekend my best friends niece was like, “Angie, Why is all of your music soooo OLD!” — well kid..because I’m 30 haha. I have spotify but I have play lists from High school, I have a playlist of the songs I use to listen to on my mom’s record player, songs from the 90s haha. I love it. I can rap the new stuff and the stuff from my high school days, Listen to Green Day behind that and Etta James all in the same hour on my playlist bahaha.
I wasn’t a big fish eater up until a few years ago and I’m still working on finding recipes that we’ll love. Gotta give this a try! I bet Thomas and I would love this one night after work!
I love how fast seafood dinners come together. This stew sounds delish!
I’m with Angie! My playlists are very 90s-based. 90s hip hop like you but then a lot of grunge. I still listen to Pearl Jam 90% of the time. 😀 My father was born in 1940 so I’ve had enough oldies for a lifetime. 😉
This stew looks great! I’ve never even thought of using seafood in a stew.
I’m a classic rock gal all the way! This stew is a great non-meat meal. The broth looks so good!
See – I’m more of an 80s gal – more like late 80s but my iTunes library is all over the map – current, oldies, rock, dance, pop, R&B. I love this stew Brandy – with Lent coming up, I’m definitely always looking for fabulous seafood recipes 🙂