Cioppino

What's Christmas Eve without a nice bowl of cioppino? It's so easy and quick to prepare.

I buy jar cioppino sauce. I've made my own but frankly it doesn't make a lot of difference because the seafood take center stage.

The final result. Just add a salad and crunchy hearty bread and you've got a delicious meal!

Cioppino

32-oz Cioppino sauce
1 lb mussel, cleaned & debearded
1 lb clams, cleaned
1 crab, cooked, cleaned & cracked
1 lb white fish filet, sliced into 2 inch pieces
1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley

Add Cioppino sauce to large pot and bring to boil. Add mussels, clams and crab. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add fish and shrimp. Stir gently to immerse fish and shrimp in sauce. Cover and cook additional 5 minutes until cooked. Add parsley, if desired.

Serves 4.



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