Sopa De Mariscos Seafood Soup

SPANISH SEAFOOD SOUP RECIPE - SOPA DE MARISCO

Steps:

• In a bowl put the octopus with the lemon juice. Cover it and set it aside to make it tender.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Saute the onion and garlic for 4 minutes. Add the paprika and keep stirring for 1 more minute.
• After that add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 4 minutes, mixing constantly.
• Put the stock, water, and saffron in the pan and turn the heat to a high until it boils. Then reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Pour all the seafood into the pan and cook for 6 minutes, the fish should have a flaky texture and the mussels should open. Season to taste and serve.

PUERTO RICAN SEAFOOD SOUP: ASOPAO DE MARISCOS

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, add enough olive oil to coat the bottom the pan thinly and saute the large diced white onion and large diced green pepper until translucent. Add lobster heads and shrimp shells. Cook until color starts changing and starts to look red. Add tomato sauce, white wine, and bay leaf. Add clam juice and water. Cook for at least 2 hours, then strain.
• In a medium size stockpot, saute the small diced onion, and small diced pepper until translucent. Add rice, clams, mussels, bay leaf, and a pinch of saffron. Add all strained seafood stock and cook until rice is soft, approximately 20 minutes. Add shrimp, scallops, and lobster. Cook for approximately 8 minutes. Add culantro and season with salt and pepper.

RICH'S SOPA DE MARISCOS (MEXICAN SEAFOOD SOUP)

Steps:

• With a mortar and pestle (or molcajete if you have one!), crush cumin seed. Add chopped garlic and chopped jalapeño and crush into a paste. Add a little water to free the spices.
• Add olive oil to a heavy-bottom cooking pot or Dutch oven. Saute onions. Add tomatoes and peppers and continuing sauteing until tender.
• Add all the rest of the ingredients except seafood and cilantro. Bring to full boil, cover, and simmer gently for 40 minutes.
• Add fish and cilantro, and gently simmer an additional 15-20 minutes. Serve hot with chips and salsa.

SOPA DE MARISCOS- SEAFOOD STEW/SOUP, USING A SOFRITO

Steps:

• In a deep saute pan or fry skillet combine sofrito with fish stock or clam juice on medium low heat whisking frequently until heated through. Add the clams, sea bass and shrimp. Cook for 1 minute. Add the mussels and calamari, and cook until all shellfish open. Finish with tomatoes, yellow pepper, lime juice, cilantro, and salt and pepper, to taste. Sofrito: A Base for Many Dishes: 1 ounce bacon (about 1 strip), whole (smoked if available) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup chopped red bell pepper 1 cup chopped yellow bell pepper 1 cup chopped red onion 4 cloves garlic 1/4 teaspoon minced habanero or Scotch bonnet 1/4 teaspoon minced jalapeno Pinch saffron 6 to 8 ounces dry Spanish sherry 1/2 cup cream, if desired In a sauce pot set on medium, cook the bacon in the olive oil for 30 seconds. Add red and yellow peppers, onions, and garlic, and saute until soft. Add the habanero, jalapeno, and saffron, cook for 1 minute. Add the sherry and cream if desired. Reduce by 1/4, cool and puree in a blender.

HONDURAN COCONUT SEAFOOD SOUP (SOPA CATRATCHA DE MARISCOS CON UN

Steps:

• Clean crabs front and back (take off hair and cut the tips of the legs). (Don't forget!) to whack the crabs really hard with a rock or hammer before you put them in the pot (so that they can soak up the flavor more).
• Put crabs in large stock pot with the margarine.
• Add green peppers, tomatoes, and onions, one cube of chicken bullion, cilantro, parsley, and some spices all over low heat.
• Mix and move the crabs.
• Next, put some hot water (about one-third to one-half the size of your pot) and some salt. Keep mixing.
• Add the shrimp bullion, another cube of chicken bullion, and the Worcestershire Sauce. Put the achiote powder in for color.
• Peel and cut the chayotes into slices and then 6 times into chunks. Don't forget to take the seed out of the middle. Add the chayotes to soup.
• Peel and cut into round pieces the three yuccas (you have to cut the hairy and red part, and then peel it until you completely remove the casing.) Add to the soup.
• Wash the plantain skins, then cut the plantains into 5 chunks each. (You can add the plantains with the skin on or removed.) Add to the soup.
• Let boil until vegetables cooked. When pataste ready add fish and shrimp.
• Add coconut milk, sugar and conch (If you have it!).
• Finally, allow the soup to simmer for at least 20 minutes. My friend always told me that after adding the coconut milk to not to look at the soup until you serve it. You can serve it with lime, avocado, rice. Enjoy with tortillas.

SOPA DE MARISCOS: SEAFOOD STEW/SOUP, USING A SOFRITO

Steps:

• In a deep saute pan or fry skillet combine sofrito with fish stock or clam juice on medium low heat whisking frequently until heated through. Add the clams, sea bass and shrimp. Cook for 1 minute. Add the mussels and calamari, and cook until all shellfish open. Finish with tomatoes, yellow pepper, lime juice, cilantro, and salt and pepper, to taste.
• In a sauce pot set on medium, cook the bacon in the olive oil for 30 seconds. Add red and yellow peppers, onions, and garlic, and saute until soft. Add the habanero, jalapeno, and saffron, cook for 1 minute. Add the sherry and cream if desired. Reduce by 1/4, cool and puree in a blender.

SOPA DE MARISCOS (SEAFOOD SOUP)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add carrots, corn, and celery and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add chicken stock, tomatoes, ancho chili, chili powder, and cumin and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place clams and mussels in a bowl of cold water to filter out sand.
• Drain clams and mussels; add to the soup. Stir in cod and shrimp. Cover and boil until cod is white and flaky, mussels and clams are open, and shrimp is pink, 5 to 10 minutes. Serve immediately, topped with cilantro and avocado.