Miso Seafood Stew

Name: Miso Seafood Stew
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters loosely packed bonito flakes (katsuobushi); 2 mediums carrots, peeled and cut into 2-in. matchsticks; 4 quarter-size pieces fresh ginger; 680 grams black cod or Pacific halibut, cut into 1 1/2-in. pieces; 1 strip kombu kelp*, about 1/4 oz; 118 milliliters lager (preferably Longboard); 1 large leek, white and pale green parts only, sliced and rinsed well; 118 milliliters shiro (sweet white) miso; 340 grams sea scallops (15 to 16 per lb.); 340 grams shrimp (26 to 30 per lb.), peeled, tails left on if you like

Miso Seafood Stew might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 301 calories, 49g of protein, and 4g of fat. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and pescatarian diet. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. A mixture of shrimp, sea scallops, shiro miso, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring 4 cups water, the ginger, and kombu to a boil in a large, wide pot. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 4 minutes. Turn off heat, sprinkle in bonito flakes, and let sit 3 minutes (flakes will sink). Strain broth through a cheesecloth-lined fine-mesh strainer into a bowl.

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Bonito Flakes

Ginger

Broth

Kombu

Water

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Cheesecloth

Bowl

Pot

Rinse pot, then pour in broth.

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Broth

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Pot

Add leek and carrots. Bring to a simmer and cook 2 minutes.

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Carrot

Leek

Add black cod and scallops; simmer 1 minute.

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Sablefish

Scallops

Add shrimp and cook 2 minutes more.

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Shrimp

Whisk miso with lager in a small bowl.

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Lager

Miso

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Whisk

Bowl

Remove stew from heat and carefully stir in miso mixture.

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Miso

Stew

Serve with lemon zest and shiso for topping if you like.

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Lemon Zest

*Find kombu, a large seaweed sold dried, and bonito flakes with the Asian ingredients at well-stocked supermarkets and at natural-foods or Japanese markets. Find shiso, an aromatic herb, at Japanese markets and some farmers' markets.

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Bonito Flakes

Kombu