San Francisco Fisherman's Stew

2
Points® value
Total Time
3 hr 25 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
3 hr
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Also called cioppino, this tomato-based seafood stew usually contains Dungeness crab, but we’ve used shrimp to make your shopping easier.

Ingredients

Canned whole peeled tomatoes

28 oz, broken up, undrained

Chicken broth

1 can(s)

Uncooked fennel bulb

1 item(s), chopped

Sweet onions

1 small, chopped

Carrots

1 small, cut into 1/4 inch dice

Fresh garlic scapes

1 medium, minced

Capers

1 tbsp(s), tiny capers, drained

Fresh thyme

2 tsp(s), chopped, plus whole leaves for garnish

Dried oregano

1 tsp(s)

Crushed red pepper flakes

tsp(s)

Uncooked shrimp

¾ pound(s), peeled and deveined

Uncooked halibut fillet

¾ pound(s), cut into 1 inch chunks

Extra virgin olive oil

4 tsp(s)

Instructions

  1. In a 5- or 6-qt slow cooker, combine tomatoes with puree, broth, fennel, onion, carrot, garlic, capers, chopped thyme, oregano, and red pepper flakes. Cover and cook 3 hours on High or 6 hours on Low. (At this point, stew can be kept on warm setting up to 3 hours.)
  2. Stir in shrimp and halibut. Cover and cook until shrimp are just opaque in center, about 10 minutes on Low. Ladle stew evenly into 4 large shallow bowls and drizzle each serving with 1 tsp oil. Sprinkle with thyme leaves.
  3. Per serving: about 2 cups