Seafood Stew -

[tonya66 13]

Seafood Stew –

3 tbl of olive oil

½ onion - diced

2 jal peppers – diced

2 gloves of fresh garlic diced– or you can use 3 tbl/4 tbl of the jar garlic

1 lb shrimp – cooked, peeled, and deveined

1 lb of cod – cut into cube pieces – you can also use any other type of whitefish.

1/2 lb of mussles – or use any other type of seafood you desire – clams would work

2 cans of petite diced tomatoes (do not drain)

1 10 oz jar of clam juice

2 cups of chicken broth

1 12 oz can of Tomato sauce

1 bunch of cilantro - chopped

2 small zucchini – or 1 large – I think I use about 2 cups – diced up

1 tsp of cumin

2 tbl of garlic salt – this is not set in stone, you may need more or less depending on your taste

1/4 to ½ tsp of red pepper – again depending on your taste - very hot

Garnish -

Radishes, diced onion, diced jal pepper, shredded cabbage, avocado, diced limes to squeeze on top, hot sauce (salsa) and more fresh cilantro - all this for garnish

In skillet sauté onion, diced peppers and garlic until tender.

In a separate pan, mix the remainder of the ingredients and bring to boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and add the sautéed onion, pepper and garlic mixture. Cover and simmer for 20 min or until fish is done.

You might wait until the end to add the garlic salt and red pepper to see how much you want to add. Do several taste test to see if seasoned to your liking.

Make an arrangement of toppings to garnish with. It is delicious to squeeze some fresh lime juice over it and add some shredded cabbage. I add all of the garnishes to mine. This is how the Spanish culture serves it. They always squeeze a lot of lime over it.

You could serve with some warm flour or corn tortillas for the family members who were not banded :embaressed_smile:

Makes about 6 - 8 servings. A 1 cup serving is about 260 calories.

Edited September 15, 2008 by Sunshine2

[allymb22282 0]

sounds yummy!!!

[Vangirl 0]

Made the stew for supper last night as a suprise to my Mexican husband. I used the cod, shrimp and scallops. It was divine. He was thrilled and said it tasted like his mom's!!!-which is a huge compliment to me! Where he is from they use fresh chopped lettuce in their Soups instead of cabbage so we ate it with lettuce. It was great and I was so proud...thanks for the truly authentic recipe!

[tonya66 13]

I'm so glad you like it. I think it will be a regular at my house too! I actually combined a few recipes to make this one. I added in a few of my favorite spices and woolah - my own recipe.