Best Fish Soup Guadalajara Style Recipes

SPICY FISH SOUP

Steps:

• Spray a large saucepan with the vegetable cooking spray over medium high heat. Add the onions and saute, stirring often, for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and chili powder and saute for 2 more minutes.
• Then add the chicken broth, chile peppers and cumin, stirring well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Next, add the tomatoes, green bell pepper, shrimp and cod. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for another 5 minutes. Gradually stir in the yogurt until heated through.

FISH SOUP GUADALAJARA-STYLE

Steps:

• Pull off and discard the stringy beards from the mussels. Scrub the mussels as necessary and drain them well. Set aside.
• Shell and devein the shrimp. Reserve both the shrimp and the shells. Cut each shrimp into three pieces. Set aside.
• Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. There should be about two cups. Set aside.
• Peel the potato and cut it into one-quarter-inch cubes. There should be about one and one-half cups. Cover with cold water and set aside.
• Put the mussels and shrimp shells in a kettle and add the four cups of water. Bring to the boil and cook one minute or until the mussels open. Drain well, reserving both the broth and the mussels and discarding the shrimp and mussel shells. Strain the broth through a fine sieve. There should be about five cups. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a kettle and add the onions and garlic. Cook briefly, stirring, until onions are wilted. Add the celery and cook, stirring, one minute.
• Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, about three minutes. Add the reserved broth, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Cook 10 minutes.
• Drain the potato cubes and add them. Cook 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Add the shrimp and reserved mussels and cook about 10 seconds. Remove from the heat and serve immediately.
• To serve, spoon one or two tablespoons of the salsa cruda with avocado in each of six or eight hot soup bowls or, preferably, earthenware mugs and fill the bowls or mugs with soup. Sprinkle cilantro over all. The remaining salsa cruda with avocado may be added according to individual appetite.

FISH SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large heavy stockpot and to it add the olive oil. Add the fish bones and cook them over low heat, covered, until any flesh on them flakes from the bones. Add the vegetables and any shells from the shrimp, cover and cook over low heat until the vegetables sweat, about 10 minutes.
• Deglaze the pot with the wine, scraping up any particles sticking to the bottom of the pan. Stir in the saffron, thyme, and basil.
• Add the fish stock or water, and let the mixture gently boil for 1 hour. Then puree it in a food processor or pass it through a food mill. Pass the puree through a medium strainer into a clean stockpot. Stir in the Pernod. Season the base, to taste, with salt, pepper and cayenne. The soup should have a full-bodied flavor: If it seems weak, reduce it over low heat to concentrate the flavor.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Skim any fish oil from the top of the soup and reserve it to stir into the rouille.
• Toast the croutons in the oven until golden, and then brush with rouille.
• Bring the soup to a boil. Add the shellfish and/or uncooked fish fillets to the soup, 1 variety at a time. Cook each until done; then remove from the soup and keep warm. (The lobsters will take about 10 minutes and their shells will be bright red when done; medium shrimp will take 3 or 4 minutes to cook; fish fillets from 1 to 7 minutes, depending on their thickness (they should remain slightly underdone); and the mussels and clams only cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until their shells open).
• Presentation: Place 1 crouton in the bottom of each large, shallow, heated soup plates. Then arrange the fish and/or shellfish around each crouton. Ladle the hot soup over all. Serve immediately. Pass additional rouille in a separate serving bowl.
• Clean the fish bones under cold running water, removing the gills from the head and any traces of blood on the frames.
• In a large saucepan, heat the oil. In it sweat the fish bones and vegetables over low heat, covered, for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice to prevent them from browning.
• Deglaze the pan with the wine, and then add enough water to cover the bones and vegetables by 2 inches. Add the bouquet garni and bring the liquid to a boil. Skim the froth from the surface, reduce the heat, and simmer the stock for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Strain the stock into a clean saucepan. Bring it to a boil and reduce it over medium heat to 1 quart.
• Note: Fish stock will keep in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or frozen for 2 to 3 weeks. After that time the flavor begins to fade.
• Yield: 1 quart
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 35 minutes
• In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, garlic, mustard, and chili flakes. Whisk in the oil in a very slow steady stream until the sauce begins to emulsify. Add the remaining oil in a thin stream until all of it is incorporated. Add the saffron. Thin the sauce with the stock and season, to taste, with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
• Yield: 1 1/2 cups
• Prep Time: 10 minutes

HEARTY FISH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, saute shallots and garlic until tender. Add the tomatoes, broth, mixed vegetables, hash browns, seafood seasoning, sugar, allspice, cayenne and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , Add halibut; simmer 2-3 minutes longer or until fish turns opaque. Just before serving, discard bay leaves.