Title: Baja Seafood Stew
Serves: 6
Ingredients:| 0.50 | c | Onion; Chopped, 1 Medium |
| 0.50 | c | Green Chiles; Chopped |
| 2.00 | | Cloves Garlic;Finely Chopped |
| 0.25 | c | Olive Oil |
| 2.00 | c | White Wine; Dry |
| 1.00 | tb | Orange Peel; Grated |
| 1.50 | c | Orange Juice |
| 1.00 | tb | Sugar |
| 1.00 | tb | Cilantro; Fresh, Snipped |
| 1.00 | ts | Basil Leaves; Dried |
| 1.00 | ts | Salt |
| 0.50 | ts | Pepper |
| 0.50 | ts | Oregano Leaves; Dried |
| 28.00 | oz | Italian Plum Tomatoes; * |
| 24.00 | | Soft-shell Clams; Scrubbed |
| 1.50 | lb | Shrimp; Raw, Shelled, Med. |
| 1.00 | lb | Fish; ** |
| 6.00 | oz | Crabmeat; Frozen, *** |
Instructions:* Use 1 24oz can of Italian Plum Tomatoes that are undrained and cut in ** The following fish can be used: cod, sea bass, mahimahi or red *** Crabmeat should be thawed, drained and cartilage removed.
~------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.