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San Diego Seafood Stew

Servings 6 people
Calories 455kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shrimp stock or purchased fish stock
  • 1 small egg yolk
  • 1 small clove garlic
  • Juice of ¼ lemon
  • 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 baguette
  • 1 bulb fennel (about 1 pound), trimmed
  • Olive oil, for tossing and searing
  • 4 ounces Pacific pole-and-line-caught yellowfin tuna, cubed
  • 4 jumbo Pacific shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1/2 pound California calamari, tubes and tentacles, sliced into ¼-inch ringlets
  • 4 ounces Mexican chorizo sausage, removed from casing
  • 4 (2-ounce) pieces Pacific black cod
  • 4 (2-ounce) pieces California sea bass or wild Pacific halibut
  • 3 cups shrimp stock or purchased fish stock
  • 1 teaspoon berbere spice (see note above), or to taste
  • Fresh parsley leaves, for garnish

Instructions

  • Make shrimp aioli: Gently boil 2 cups shrimp or fish stock until reduced to 2 tablespoons and slightly thickened. Remove from pan and cool. Once cool, add to a food processor with egg yolk, garlic, lemon juice, and vinegar. With motor running, add olive oil and process until emulsified. Salt to taste. Refrigerate.
  • Cut baguette diagonally into ¼-inch slices. Toast lightly; set aside.
  • Shave fennel on a mandolin about 1/ 8 inch thick. Toss with a little olive oil and reserve in refrigerator until serving time.
  • On a baking sheet, arrange tuna, shrimp, and calamari, and season with salt and pepper. Coat a large, deep sauté pan over high heat with olive oil. Pan-sear tuna cubes 5 seconds on all sides; remove from pan to a paper-towel-lined tray. In same pan, sear shrimp and calamari for 1 minute; remove to tray with tuna. In same pan, add chorizo and stir to crumble. Remove. Add cod and bass or halibut; pan-sear. Deglaze pan with 3 cups shrimp or fish stock, and then simmer until cod and bass are tender and done, about 3 minutes. Return seared tuna, shrimp, calamari, and chorizo back into pan and simmer for 2–3 minutes. Add berbere and salt to taste.
  • Divide stew into bowls and sprinkle with fennel, parsley, and more berbere spice if desired. Place one piece of bread and 1 tablespoon shrimp aioli on top. Serve immediately.

Notes

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PER SERVING: 455 cal, 21g fat (10g mono, 6g poly, 5g sat), 166mg chol, 37g protein, 26g carb, 3g fiber, 748mg sodium

Nutrition

Calories: 455kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 166mg | Sodium: 748mg | Fiber: 3g