Louisiana-Style Cioppino | Louisiana Kitchen & Culture

Ingredients

• 28-ounce can whole San Marzano tomatoes
• 2 large yellow onions
• 1 bunch green onions
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 stalk celery
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
• 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon anchovy paste
• 1 roasted red pepper, finely chopped
• 1½ cups dry red wine
• 1 cup seafood stock or bottled clam juice
• 1 cup chicken broth
• salt
• pepper
• 3 Louisiana blue crabs, cleaned and halved
• 18 clams
• 18 mussels
• 1 pound skinless mild Louisiana fin fish
• 18 large Louisiana shrimp (U16-20), shelled and deveined, tails left intact
• 12 scallops
• 1/2 pound cooked Louisiana crawfish tails
• finely chopped flat-leaf parsley and basil, for garnish
• garlic croutons, for serving
• Rouille, for serving (recipe follows)