Seafood Chili Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons olive oil
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2 cups chopped onion
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2 leeks, white part only, chopped
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10 garlic cloves, minced
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5 Teaspoon dried oregano
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35 oz Italian plum tomatoes, not drained
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16 oz clam juice
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2 Cups dry red wine
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1/2 cup chili powder
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5 Teaspoon toasted cumin seed
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1 Tablespoon salt
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1 Teaspoon cayenne pepper
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2 medium red bell peppers, chopped
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12 Littleneck clams
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12 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
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1 1/2 pound grouper cut into 1 inch pieces
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12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
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3/4 pound Bay scallops
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Fresh cilantro for serving
Directions
Heat
oil in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add onions and leeks. Cover and cook
until tender, usually about 15 minutes. Add garlic and oregano, and cook
another 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, breaking up large pieces with a
spatula. Stir in the clam juice, wine, chili powder, cumin, salt and
cayenne. Slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially
covered for 1 hour. Add bell peppers and simmer for 20 minutes.
Refrigerate overnight.
Bring
sauce to a boil. Reduce heat to a brisk simmer. Add clams and
mussels. Cover and cook until shellfish open, approximately 5 to 10
minutes. Discard any shellfish that do not open. Gently stir in
grouper and shrimp. Cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Add
scallops. Cover and simmer until fish is just opaque, about 3 minutes.
Top
with cilantro and serve.