LOW Effort: Cioppino

Every once in a while I surprise myself, tonight was that night. It only took 30 mins from start to finish to create this LOW Effort masterpiece. You should make this tonight.

Ingredients:

  • 4 clusters of dungeoness crab

  • 1 lb sea scallops (pink have more flavor)

  • 1 lb gulf shrimp, cleaned but shell remains on

  • 1 lb cod

  • 2 large shallots, diced

  • 1 clove of garlic, diced

  • 28 oz can of whole San Marzano tomatoes

  • 4 cups of chicken stock

  • 1/2 cup Pernot

  • 3 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • Scorpion LOW Effort Hot Sauce to taste

  • 1 tbsp kosher salt

  • fresh pepper to taste

  • pinch of saffron

  • Sourdough or baguette for dipping, and holding more butter

Method:

  • In your largest pot/dutch oven, over medium heat, melt the butter with olive oil then add the diced shallots and garlic

  • Add in a pinch of salt and stir until the shallots are translucent, you do not want caramelization

  • Stir in the Pernot, cook for 4 mins, then add in the chicken stock

  • Add in tomatoes by crushing them by hand into the vessel. When the tomato can is empty, fill it halfway with water and add that to the simmering pot

  • When the liquid is back to a bubble, add in the saffron, salt, and pepper

  • Begin layering in the seafood, first cod, then shrimp, scallops, and crab clusters. Gently stir it all in and cover for 8 mins over medium/high. Check the pot at 6 mins to see if the shrimp have curled and changed color

  • It should be complete within 15 mins. Ladle into a bowl, add a drizzle of olive oil and Low Effort Scorpion Hot Sauce

Listening to: Billy Strings, Show Me the Door

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Joshua Budich


Joshua Budich is an independent illustrator working for numerous galleries, including Gallery 1988, Spoke Art and Hero Complex Gallery, movie studios, and media outlets around the globe. Inspired by a love for the pop culture of his youth, his primary focus is on screenprints that celebrate popular movies (Star Wars, Star Trek, The Big Lebowski), television series (LOST, MARVEL's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), animated shows (The Simpsons, My Neighbor Totoro, AKIRA) and more.

Budich graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Imaging and Digital Arts) in 2000. He enjoys cooking with his wife, drawing with his son, and reading to his little girl.