Keto Cioppino (Seafood Stew)

A super easy cioppino stew can warm up any dinner. The best part? It's completely keto-friendly, Cioppino is one of those meals that tastes so good and looks like it took all day to prepare but is in fact quite quick and easy, trust me. The hardest part is getting all of your ingredients lined up.

Ingredients:
1 large onion, diced
3-4 cloves garlic, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
8 ounces clam juice
4 cups seafood stock (or chicken stock)
20 ounces crushed tomatoes
4-5 pounds of seafood of your choice.
     Suggested combination:

• 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 pound clams or muscles
• 1 pound crab legs, pre-cooked
• 2 cod filets
• 6-8 scallops

3 tablespoons butter, divided
3 tablespoons avocado oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, divided
Salt and Pepper to taste
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Directions:

1. In a large pot, add 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon avocado oil and sauté onions and garlic until fragrant.  Add red peppers and sauté until soft.
2. Add parsley, Italian spices, red pepper flakes and bay leaves. Stir and cook until fragrant.
3. Add white wine and cook until alcohol is reduced. 
4. Add clam juice, crushed tomatoes and seafood or chicken stock. Bring to a boil.
5. Add clams and muscles. Cook until clams begin to open. Discard any clams or muscles that DO NOT open.
6. Add the crab legs. Or if you desire, pre-crack the crab, remove the crab meat and simply add the crab to the soup.
7. While the clams are cooking, heat a medium skillet with 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon avocado oil. Sauté shrimp with salt, pepper and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder just until it starts to turn pink (some uncooked parts is ok). 
8. Add contents to your soup pot. Turn the heat to a low simmer in the pot.
9. In the skillet, heat the remaining butter and oil and sauté the scallops 2 minutes on each side. Season with salt, pepper and the remaining garlic powder. Add contents to your soup pot.
10. Stir soup and heat through about 5 minutes.
11. Serve a generous serving hot with a side of keto garlic bread. Try making our delicious Keto Dinner Rolls!! Slice them in half, slather some butter, parsley and garlic powder and broil for 2 minutes until golden brown. DELICIOUS!

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