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This recipe makes about six servings but you can double the ingredients if you want plenty of left over. It takes about an hour and a half to cook. Once you taste it, you'll forget all about how long you had to wait to try it!

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The Ingredients To Gather:

3 garlic cloves, divided
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 cup  onion
1/2 cup  sliced fennel
1/4 cup  celery
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
1/2 teaspoon  ground black pepper, divided
1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
1/2 pound cleaned squid
1/2 tablespoon tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 cup dry white wine
1  can crushed tomatoes
2 bay leaves
1 8-ounce bottle clam juice
1 1/2 cups seafood stock or vegetable broth
1/2 stick unsalted butter
3 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, divided
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 baguette
1 pound littleneck clams
1/2 pound  tail-on shrimp
1 pound mussels
1/2 pound skinless flaky white fish

The Step By Step Directions To Follow:

Mince 2  garlic cloves. Over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion, fennel, celery, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, cook, stirring occasionally, 6 – 8 minutes. Add  garlic, red-pepper flakes. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, 1 – 2 minutes more.
Reduce heat to medium-low, add squid. Cook, stirring occasionally, 15 – 20 minutes. Add tomato paste, oregano, cook, stirring, 1 minute.
Add wine, raise heat to medium-high,cook  5 – 7 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice, bay leaves, clam juice, stock. Bring to  boil, reduce to  simmer,  cook, covered, 30 minutes. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon  salt,  pepper.

The Additional Directions To Follow:

Combine your butter, one tablespoon of parsley, the lemon zest and one-fourth teaspoon of salt together. Chop the last garlic clove in half, then make sure that you rub the garlic into your toast. Then add your flavored butter to the toast. Allow your pot to heat to medium, stir in your clams, cover your pot and allow to cook for a few minutes. Add your shrimp and mussels and place the fish over everything. Place the lid on the pot again and allow to simmer for about four to five minutes. Toss bay leaves, and add the rest of the parsley on top.

Enjoy!

This Cioppino Stew is so wonderful, you might think of any reason to make it again and again! Have you made this stew yet?

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Article Source: Epicurious