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Bouillabaisse with Spicy Rouille
Bouillabaisse with Spicy Rouille
2 Reviews
From: EatingWell Magazine, January/February 2007
This famous Provençal stew was traditionally a catchall for fishermen's catch of the day. Our version uses ocean-friendly calamari, tilapia and scallops.
- By: Jessie Price EatingWell Editor-in-Chief
Ingredients 6 servings
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- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 leeks, white parts only, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced and thoroughly washed
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
- 4 plum tomatoes, diced
- 2 large red potatoes, cut in ½-inch dice
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 8-ounce bottles clam juice
- 1 cup water
- 2 4-inch strips orange peel, (see Tip)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 Pinch saffron, (see Tip)
- 8 ounces tilapia fillets, cut into thirds
- 8 ounces large dry sea scallops, (see Tip), halved
- 8 ounces cleaned, sliced calamari (squid) tubes and tentacles, (see Tip)
- Spicy Rouille, (recipe follows)
- Associated Recipes:
- Spicy Rouille
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- Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add leeks, celery, garlic and fennel seed and cook, stirring often, until the leeks are softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes and potatoes; cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes begin to break down, about 4 minutes. Add wine, increase heat to high, bring to a boil, and cook, stirring often, until reduced, 2 to 3 minutes. Add clam juice, water, orange peel, bay leaves and saffron and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are just tender, about 15 minutes.
- Carefully submerge tilapia and scallops in the soup, return to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Add calamari, submerge in the soup, and continue cooking until cooked through, about 3 minutes. Discard orange peel and bay leaves. Serve the soup with a spoonful of Spicy Rouille on top.
- Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 1. Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Reheat and proceed with Step 2.
- Tips: Bottled clam juice can be very high in sodium. We like Bar Harbor brand, which has 120 mg sodium per serving. Look for it in the canned-fish section or the seafood department of your supermarket.
- Use a vegetable peeler to easily remove strips of the outer orange peel (zest), leaving the bitter white pith behind.
- Saffron is the dried stigma of a saffron crocus. It contributes a pungent flavor and intense yellow color to classic dishes like paella. Saffron is sold in threads and powdered form.
- We prefer cooking with “dry” sea scallops (not treated with sodium tripolyphosphate, or STP). Scallops that have been treated with STP (“wet” scallops) have been subjected to a chemical bath and are not only mushy and less flavorful, but will not brown properly.
- Calamari, also known as squid, is sold frozen or fresh in the seafood department of the grocery store. Look for cleaned calamari, with its cartilage and ink removed; otherwise ask at the fish counter to have it cleaned.
- Serving size: about 1⅓ cups
- Per serving: 247 calories; 5 g fat(1 g sat); 2 g fiber; 23 g carbohydrates; 21 g protein; 59 mcg folate; 120 mg cholesterol; 4 g sugars; 0 g added sugars; 1,351 IU vitamin A; 24 mg vitamin C; 72 mg calcium; 2 mg iron; 495 mg sodium; 894 mg potassium
- Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (40% daily value), Vitamin A (27% dv)
- Carbohydrate Servings: 1½
- Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 vegetable, 4 lean meat, 1 fat
Reviews 2
December 16, 2013
By: EatingWell User
I made this on a snowy Saturday. Thought the fennel and orange gave it a very unique and pleasing taste. I will use less potatoes next time and would like a little more broth, but this soup was really good. I served it with a green salad and a slice of whole wheat country bread for sopping up the broth (which is why I wanted more broth!).
December 05, 2009
By: EatingWell User
this is wonderful, and the rouille is so worth making (for that matter, make extra to use in place of mayo on sandwiches). i use trader joe's seafood blend, which makes it a fairly quick recipe.
