Seafood Stew
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This seafood stew uses haddock and mixed seafood cocktail.
You could use any white fish (cod, whiting, coley etc) and mussels, prawns/shrimp whelks, cockles or whatever mixture of seafood you prefer or add two or three different fish and leave out the shellfish. The recipe is just a guide and you should adapt it to suit yourself.
A mixture of wet and smoked haddock would be nice as it would give a bit of smoky flavor to the stew.
Avoid oily fish such as tuna, salmon, mackerel and similar. They do tend to make a layer of grease and dominate the flavour.
Cut the fish into quite large chunks to make it a more hearty, warming stew.
If you like your stews a bit thicker, then you could either use cornstarch (cornflour) for thickening or finely grate (before cooking) or mash (after cooking) half of the potato into the cooking liquid.
This will thicken up the liquid quite effectively.
A complete meal in one pot which is good for washing up :-)
It would make a good 'camp' meal, as you could prepare all the vegetables and stock in advance, then leave it for the day. When you get home, bring it back up to the boil, simmer for a minute or two and then add your fish for five minutes or so. Add some bread to mop up the juices and it's a super quick meal. Likewise a meal for busy work and school days when you want to eat within minutes of getting home later than usual - beats getting a burger or takeaway on the way back, cheaper, more nutritious and so easy.
Mixed Fish Stew
1lb (450g) haddock - skinned, boned and cut into bite sized chunks
1lb (450g) seafood cocktail - defrosted
1 onion - peeled and chopped
1 clove garlic - peeled and crushed
2 fish stock cubes with 1 pint water or 1 pint fish or vegetable stock
1 can chopped tomatoes or passata
1.5 lbs (675g) peeled cubed potatoes
1 tbspn olive oil
8 oz (225g) peas or mixed veg - defrosted
handful fresh chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
Heat the oil in a large pan and gently fry the onion and garlic until softened.
Add the stock and tomatoes (if using cubes, dissolve in 1 pint of boiling water) and bring to the boil.
Add the potatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes or so until they're tender.
Add the fish and peas and simmer for 2 minutes.
Add the seafood cocktail and parsley and simmer for a further 2 minutes.
Serve immediately - I like crusty bread and butter with this (actually, I like crusty bread and butter period) and it's a very quick meal which you can have ready
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Cook's Notes Fish stews are extremely quick to cook - the vegetables may take a while to soften or thicken, but once the fish is in the hot liquid, it takes a few minutes. I make a stock with the trimmings or I use a fish stock cube - try a few to see which you like best - then I cook the vegetables in the stock until they are the level of 'doneness' that I like. I like my vegetables quite soft - it's a personal preference and if I'm cooking, then I cook the way I like it. Fish stock takes about 30 minutes and needs making fresh, it can go bitter if it's left for a long time. The fish goes in a few minutes before I'm ready to serve - that's it, job done. Most manufacturers of stock cubes make a fish option and they're perfectly good - I regularly use them as I don't buy a lot of whole fish these days - you need the trimmings to make the stock - and so I don't have bones and skin to start the stock. Traditional fishmongers, where you can buy a wide variety of wet fish are becoming a rareity these days and most people buy from the supermarket or grocery store. There's nobody there to ask for 'fish trimmings' as the fish is sent to the store ready prepared. I occasionally see a salmon or cod head but mostly, it's fillets or steaks on a polystyrene tray wrapped in plastic. You can still go to the coast (in the UK anyway) and find a good selection of fish at some towns - in Kent, we have Whitstable which has a lively harbour and a couple of fishmongers on the quay side - but if you're a long way from the sea, your options are limited. |
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Seafood Stew
By Liz Alderson, Mar 27, 2017
Really tasty, quick and easy to make seafood stew. Great one pot meal for a simple family meal.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4
Main Ingredient: white fish, seafood cocktail, potatoes, peas, tomato