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Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2006
My family and I had this for the first time tonight and everyone loved it. I didn't have fresh seafood so I used frozen and it still came out delicious. I used a sauvignon blanc wine but you could also use a chardonnay. I'm thankful to the person who recommended a large pot. I went out and bought a 12 quart stockpot and it had room to spare. I also bought snow crab legs, broke them into managable sizes and dropped them into the pot at the same time as the other seafood. We had the stew with crusty mini baguettes and a nice salad. All in all the whole meal cost about $50 for 4 people with lots of leftovers. I will definately make this again....just not very often! LOL!!
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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2006
Incredible!! My kids told me this was "by far the best meal I have ever cooked!" I followed some of the other suggestions and added red pepper flakes and used clam juice instead of water. Used all fresh seafood and I did add a small can of tomato sauce to add a little more tomato flavor. Turned out just perfect and oh so yummy!! Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe!! This will be made again and again in my house..............
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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2006
Those of you who have read my other ratings know that 4 stars means my family loved it. 5 stars is absolutely above and beyond. This is hands-down the best recipe we've ever tried on All Recipes!!!! A few helpful hints if you are going to try this wonderful recipe: Be sure you have a really big pot! You will want to avoid stirring this too much in order to avoid breaking up the meat, so a big pot is critical! Use very dry white wine. A sweet white wine will interfer with the flavor of the seafood, whereas a dry white will compliment the flavor wonderfully! Don't use flake-style crab meat as it will just disappear in the broth. Either use king crab legs in the shell or precook your crab legs and extract the meat for the soup. (if you use crab legs in the shell, add 1/2 lb to the amount) Place the cod in large pieces on top at the very end and cook it quickly. This will ensure that the cod won't break apart and your guests can extract whole pieces to their plates. Cook quickly and serve! If you cook too long the seafood will dry, flake, and lose flavor. The three secrets to success for this recipe: Fresh, Fresh, Fresh seafood! Make this for someone you love. I made it for my Dad and he still raves.
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Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2006
i omitted the fish just because this makes so much seafood. Next time I will even omit the crabmeat and add lobster parts instead (with shell on) Broth is excellent with crusty french bread. I will add celery next time and a little red pepper flakes. Thanks.
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Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2006
Went over very well. Had lots of good flavor and juice to be soaked up by the bread. The only major changes I made were to reduce the amount of fish (used 3/4 lb instead) because there was already so much good stuff and I omitted the mussels (because I don't like mussels).
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Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2006
Awesome recipe. It also freezes really well. I made the full amount and froze half of it for later. It was just as good if not better later.
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Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2005
This was an expensive dish but was EASY and EXCELLENT! I had to make a few substitutions due to local availability and personal taste. But I don't think it matters too much which seafood you choose. I served with sour dough and a green salad.
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Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2005
After reading the reviews, I just had to make this dish for Christmas eve dinner. I used canned clams and crab, frozen scallops and prawns and a mixture of fresh fish, added potatoes and carrots (not too much, just enough to thicken it), cayenne pepper and chillie flakes as the others had suggested. It was fantastic. Everyone loved it :-)
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Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2005
it was good, although a LOT of seafood. needed more so i added carrots, celery, and potatoes. that was much better. still overall, it was awesome.
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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2005
This was truly unbelievable, this is far better than any seafood stew i have ever had, thank you so much for this, my company just went wild over it
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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2005
I made this for my birthday party. I saved this recipe for a special occasion because it's expensive. I left out the clams and mussels because I don't like them. Other than that, I didn't change a thing. I got MAD rave reviews. Served this with a nice bread for sopping up the juices.
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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2005
My husband loves cioppino and always orders it if its on the menu. I made this for a dinner party of about 8 adults. Everyone loved it. I had to make a few changes....I didn't add mussels because of allergy, I used the shrimp with their shells, I put in 2 lbs. crab legs and added the clam juice recommended by other reviewers. Also, I threw it a couple of extra tomatoes because my taste was a little bland. Overall, everyone loved it including me and this is a dish I never order. Highly recommend it! Thanks to original submitter.
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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2005
WOW! I made this for dinner last night and we loved it. I doubled the garlic, added 3/4t. red pepper flakes, 1/4t. sugar and sub. clam broth for water. Even better the next day when I had some for breakfast!
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Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2005
Excellent recipe - made it for a dinner party as a appetizer serve with warm bread. Recipe was easy to follow the only exception I made was to skip the mussels and add more clams. (not a big fan on Mussels) Thank you for sharing your recipe and making my dinner party a big success!
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Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2005
This was delicious! Everyone liked it! Didn't use mussels or clams but a seafood blend. And it still was very flavorful. Will definitely make this one again.
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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2005
Absolutely delicious! I only made a couple changes, I used 1 cup of clam juice instead of water, added a couple extra cloves of garlic, some dried chilis and some fresh Pacific Northwest salmon. We had company that evening and everyone raved for hours about how good it was. This is a new favourite for us!
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Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2005
This was amazing! I order Cioppino at a Italian restaurant we frequent and this was just as good if not better!! I actually added 1 cup chicken stock instead of water and a can of minced clams in juice. Served it over Penne, Just PERFECT
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Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2005
This was absolutely delicious!! I made it exactly as it was written, but used more clams instead of mussells (don't care for them). The only downfall is the price. Will make this wonderful soup for special occasions. Thanks for sharing!
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Reviewed: May 2, 2005
I made this for my daughter, who is a seafood nut, and she's been bugging me to make it again ever since. The only thing I did differently was I used fresh herbs instead of dried, and substituted cod for salmon. Orherwise, wouldn't change anything else!
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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2005
Star Pooley's ciopppino is wonderful as it is, and a great jumping off point as a base for customizing this wonderful stew. Here is El Paso, most people appreciate a little spice and Star's cioppino takes nicely to a "t" or a "T" of crushed red pepper. I too added salmon and cod, along with "frozen seafood mix" from the local market (contains octopus, squid, and mussels). My current batch on the stove right now is made with fish stock (just boil a whole fish), red wine and 4 garlic cloves. This batch is about 50% larger than Star's recipe and I tracked the cost at $60.05 for 10 quarts. This cost included $15 for a pount of picked-over blue crab (Sam's Club). A little pricey but only $6/serving for a main course and big eaters... along with a wonderful crusty french loaf. Gracias amiga!
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