Seafood Soup With Ginger Broth

SEAFOOD SOUP WITH GINGER BROTH

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan or Dutch oven.
• Add garlic, ginger, lemon peel and hot pepper flakes. Cook gently until very fragrant.
• Add broth, soy sauce and lemon juice and bring to boil.
• Add carrots. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Add scallops, shrimp, sesame oil and green onions, Cook for just a few minutes, or until seafood is barely cooked.
• Serve sprinkled with cilantro.

GARLIC SEAFOOD SOUP

Steps:

• Debeard the mussels if needed. Scrub the clams; if they feel too gritty, soak them in very salty ice water to expel the grit. Cut the snapper into 2-inch pieces. Set seafood aside.
• In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1/4 cup of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add ginger, half of the garlic, and the onion. When the mixture becomes fragrant, add the red and yellow bell pepper and the tomato and cook for 5 minutes. Turn heat to the lowest setting and cover.
• In a 3-quart saucepan, heat the remaining olive oil over medium-high heat. When oil is hot, add remaining garlic, juice from 1 lime, clams, mussels and 1/2 cup clam broth. Cover pan and allow mixture to cook for 7 minutes. Uncover shellfish and discard any clams and mussels that have not opened. Add 1/2 of the cilantro, the saffron, snapper pieces, the jalapeno, banana, and the bell pepper mixture from the skillet. Stir to combine, making sure there is enough liquid, if not add more clam broth, then cover and cook for 6 to 8 minutes. (The banana will thicken the soup and will impart a sweet taste to counter the lime's sour taste. Banana should completely break down during the cooking). Add coconut milk and turn the heat off. Cover and reserve.
• Uncover the soup, sprinkle with remaining cilantro. Portion into bowls (be sure to remove the jalapeno pepper) and serve with lots of crusty bread and the lime wedges.

GINGER MISO SEAFOOD BROTH

Steps:

• Bring the vegetable stock and 2 cups water to a simmer in a large saucepan. Stir in the tofu, bean paste and ginger until well incorporated and bring to a gentle simmer.
• Add the bok choy and fish fillets and cook until the fish is opaque and the bok choy is crisp-tender and bright green, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with white pepper and serve garnished with a generous sprinkling of the cilantro and a few Cordycep mushrooms, if using.

FISH AND VEGETABLE SOUP WITH LIME, GINGER, AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Grind first 4 ingredients in processor to coarse paste, stopping occasionally to scrape sides.
• Heat oil in large pot over medium heat. Add paste; sauté until aromatic, about 2 minutes. Add stock, 2 cups water, 4 tablespoons lime juice, lemongrass, and star anise; bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Remove star anise. Add carrots and next 4 ingredients; simmer 2 minutes. Add fish; cook until just opaque, stirring gently, about 3 minutes. Mix in cilantro and 2 tablespoons lime juice. Season with salt and pepper.
• *Available at Asian markets and in the spice section of some supermarkets.

CANTONESE SEAFOOD SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy stockpot add oil and bring to a heat add garlic, ginger and lemon grass and light saute for a minute. Add in the clam juice and chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and after 5 minutes remove the garlic, ginger and lemon grass. Turn the heat back up add in the rock fish, shrimps, mussels and Napa cabbage and when the stock come back to a boil turn off the heat. Add in the oyster sauce, wine, salt and pepper to taste. Serve in a large soup bowl and add drop of sesame oil and top with green onion and parsley leaves.

SHRIMP BROTH WITH LEMONGRASS, CHILI AND GINGER

Steps:

• Peel and devein shrimp; reserve shells. Halve shrimp lengthwise. Transfer shrimp to small bowl. Cover and chill.
• Combine reserved shrimp shells, broth and next 4 ingredients in large pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 20 minutes to blend flavors, stirring and skimming surface occasionally. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Strain broth into large bowl, pressing on solids with back of spoon to release as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Return broth to pot. Bring to simmer. Remove from heat. Add shrimp, herbs, chili and lime juice. Cover and let stand until shrimp are opaque, stirring once, about 2 minutes.
• Ladle into bowls. Garnish with lime.

SEAFOOD SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and green pepper; cook and stir until tender. Add carrots and garlic; cook 3 minutes longer. Stir in tomato sauce, tomatoes, wine and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 30 minutes., Stir in salmon, shrimp and parsley. Cook, covered, 7-10 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork and shrimp turn pink. Discard bay leaf.

SCALLION-GINGER BROTH

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high. Add scallion whites, ginger, and garlic; cook, stirring, until scallions begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add broth and fish sauce. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer and cook until flavors are blended, about 5 minutes. Add stir-ins (if using) and simmer until desired doneness. Add lime juice and garnish with scallion greens if desired.