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    Fish Soup (Flavorful and Easy!)

    Published: Apr 12, 2020 · Modified: Oct 11, 2020 This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 31 Comments

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    Fish Soup

    This hearty fish soup is packed with flavor. An easy seafood stew recipe that can be ready and on your dinner table in about 30 minutes. The soup is filled with cod fillets, shrimp, and mixed vegetables in a rich tomato broth.

    Fish Soup

    This fish soup is a simpler alternative to my favorite Italian-American fish stew dish, Cioppino. It's so easy and quick to make, yet extremely flavorful!

    This super easy seafood soup is made from scratch using simple ingredients that many people can find at their local grocers or pantry.

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    • Fish Soup Ingredients:
    • A Delicious Fish Soup Base:
    • How to Make Fish Soup:
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    Fish Soup Ingredients:


    This seafood soup is made by combining seafood with vegetables in a rich tomato broth. Feel free to customize the ingredients to your own liking and based on availability.

    • Fish
    • Shrimp or shellfish
    • Yellow onion
    • Carrots
    • Celery
    • Garlic
    • Parsley
    • Dry white wine. You can use either Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, and unoaked Chardonnay.
    • Crushed tomatoes
    • Claim juice or homemade seafood stock
    • Thyme

    Fish: I used cod fillets, but any white fish such as halibut, sea bass, or red snapper would also be fine.

    Shellfish: In this recipe I used shrimp. Crab, lobster, clams, scallops, or mussels are great alternatives to shrimp.

    How to make Fish Soup

    A Delicious Fish Soup Base:


    The seafood stew recipe begins with the basic ingredients used in making a stock; carrots, celery, yellow onion, parsley, and garlic.

    I let everything simmer along with the other soup ingredients; crushed tomatoes, water, clam juice, white wine, thyme, and saffron.

    How to Make Fish Stew

    Now, let's talk about saffron and clam juice. These ingredients are optional but definitely make for the "secret ingredients". They can add depth and flavor to this and other fish and seafood recipes.

    How to Make Fish Soup

    If you don't have saffron in your pantry, feel free to skip it. Saffron has a very subtle flavor and aroma. It's one of the most important ingredients for dishes like paella and bouillabaisse but isn’t a make-or-break ingredient in this particular recipe.  That said, I liked the extra hints of flavor it did bring.

    Fish Soup

    Clam Juice is usually made from the liquid used to steam fresh clams when strained and mixed with salt. It's a must-have pantry staple. You can use it to flavor various sauces, seafood dishes, or in soup bases.

    Fish Soup

    In this recipe, I used Bumble Bee Snow's Clam Juice. If you don't have this product in your pantry then feel free to skip it or make your own seafood stock from shrimp shells. I am going to show you how to make it on the recipe card below.

    Fish Soup

    Crushed Tomatoes are made from fresh tomatoes that are peeled, seeded and crushed then mixed with tomato puree to create a coarser texture than tomato sauce, but smoother than diced tomatoes.

    Fish Soup

    How to Make Fish Soup:


    1.      Cook the basic ingredients for the soup base for about 10 minutes.

    2.      Add white wine and cook just until it evaporates.

    3.      Add the remaining soup ingredients and let them simmer for about 10 minutes.

    4.      Add the fish and shrimp. The cooking process should take about 3 minutes... so quick!

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    • Albondigas soup
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    • Bacon Lentil Soup
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    Fish Soup
    4.98 from 34 votes

    Fish Soup

    Rika
    This hearty fish soup is packed with flavor. An easy seafood stew recipe that can be ready and on your dinner table in less than 30 minutes. The soup is filled with cod fillets, shrimp, mixed vegetables in a rich tomato broth.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4
    Calories 442 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1.5 pounds white fish, (such as cod, halibut, red snapper, or sea bass), cut into 2-inch pieces
    • 15 pieces of medium-size shrimp
    • 6 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 cup diced yellow onion
    • ½ cup diced carrots
    • ½ cup diced celery
    • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
    • ½ cup lightly packed chopped parsley
    • ½ cup dry white wine
    • 14 oz crushed tomatoes , (unsalted and unseasoned)
    • 2 cups water
    • 8 oz clam juice, *or homemade seafood stock, see notes below*
    • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
    • 1 teaspoon salt, (add more according to your liking)
    • (optional) ¼ teaspoon crumbled saffron threads, (soaked in a small amount of hot water for 5 minutes)

    Instructions
     

    • In a large pot, heat the oil over moderate heat. Saute the onion, celery, and carrots for about 8 minutes. 
    • Add the garlic, and keep stirring for about 1 minute. 
    • Add the parsley, and keep stirring for about 2 minutes.
    • Add the white wine into the pot; cook until it almost evaporates.
    • Stir in clam juice, water, crushed tomatoes, saffron, and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes or until the soup reaches your desired consistency and taste. Adjust seasoning if needed.
    • Add fish, then shrimp, and cook for about 3 minutes or until fully cooked. 
    • Remove from the heat. Serve with hot sauce and enjoy!

    Notes

    An optional step to make your own seafood stock from shrimp shells instead of using clam juice.
    Put rinsed shrimp shells and water in a small pot; bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered for 15 minutes. Strain the shrimp stock into a bowl. Discard the shells. Use this shrimp stock as a replacement for clam juice.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 442kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 38gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 1069mgPotassium: 1039mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 3659IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 98mgIron: 3mg
    Keyword Fish Soup, Fish Stew, Seafood Soup, Seafood Stew
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    1. Danny

      June 13, 2021 at 12:26 pm

      Just kinda wondering why so many 5 star ratings from people who WANT to make it but have not made this.

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      • Rika

        June 13, 2021 at 4:48 pm

        Hi Danny,

        Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. It looks like readers get excited from the website, then usually review and pin afterwards via Pinterest. I agree with you, I wish they could come back here and review the recipe card as well.

        You can read their honest and useful feedback and pictures on this Pinterest pin https://www.pinterest.com/pin/60446819988166707/

        Please let me know if you still have any other questions.

        Best,

        Rika

    2. Lynn Ellington

      March 09, 2022 at 9:04 pm

      i plan to make this soup. The only addition would be adding chopped fennel and using vermouth in lieu of white wine

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      • Rika

        March 09, 2022 at 9:19 pm

        It sounds like a great plan, Lynn! The fennel will make a nice addition to the soup. Let me know how it goes.

    3. Bill

      June 01, 2022 at 3:48 pm

      It looked beautiful. The safron does wonders. Shrimps U 18 and cod. It was delicious and I’ll make it any time again. 👏👏👏

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      • Rika

        June 01, 2022 at 4:52 pm

        Thanks for trying and sharing your feedback, Bill! I am glad that you liked this fish soup recipe.

        Best,

        Rika

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