Pritikin Spicy Seafood Soup
The healthiest animal food choices are omega-3-rich fish such as salmon, sardines, herring, mackerel, and trout, advises the Pritikin Eating Plan. Most other fish, plus shelled mollusks like clams and scallops, are healthy choices, too. The award-winning chefs at Pritikin are masters at showing people how delicious healthy eating can be, and this Spicy Seafood Soup is always a hit in the dining room at the Pritikin Longevity Center. Cook up a big batch on the weekend and enjoy all week long. This soup freezes beautifully, too.
Ingredients
- 1 pound shrimp shells (see note)
- 1 gallon water
- 1 carrots
- 1 onion Vidalia , diced
- 3 celery stalks (finely diced or chopped)
- 1 Fennel , diced
- ½ cup okra diced
- 2 tablespoons garlic finely minced
- ¼ cup tomato puree no salt added
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 tablespoons thyme fresh , chopped
- 1 chipotle pepper whole
- 1 teaspoon oregano dry
- ½ pound scallops diced
- 1 pound white fish diced (good choices: halibut, sea bass or tilapia)
- 1 tablespoon Pritikin Fish Seasoning or any salt-free fish seasoning
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ pound shrimp diced
- 1 cup whole baby clams , low sodium
- black pepper (freshly ground) , to taste
- ½ bunch fresh cilantro leaves chopped
Instructions
- For your stock, simmer shrimp shells (feel free to also add carrot peels, celery leaves, fennel greens, and onion skins -- for more flavor) in 1 gallon water for 2 hours.
- Strain and reserve stock.
- In a large stockpot, add carrots, onions, celery, fennel, and okra, and cook on medium-low heat until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add shrimp stock, garlic, tomato puree, bay leaf, thyme, chipotle, and oregano. Simmer for 2 hours.
- Add scallops, white fish, Pritikin Fish Seasoning, and red pepper flakes, and simmer for 1 hour more, breaking fish with back of spoon.
- In last 5 to 10 minutes of cooking, add shrimp, clams, and black pepper. Simmer till shrimp and clams are cooked.
- Remove chipotle and bay leaf. Garnish with cilantro. Serve.
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Very very tasty