Steps to Make Favorite Caldo de Pescado

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Caldo de Pescado (or Mexican Fish Soup) is an EASY and absolutely delicious dish. It's hard not to love a big bowl of this hearty and comforting soup that's loaded with FLAVOR!! Made with homemade fish broth and a spicy tomato sauce. In a medium stockpot, heat olive oil over medium-low heat.

Caldo de Pescado is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Caldo de Pescado is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook caldo de pescado using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Caldo de Pescado:

1. Prepare 4 cups chopped carrots
2. Take 2 cups chopped onion
3. Make ready 3 cups chopped tomato
4. Make ready 2 tbsp cooking oil
5. Make ready Bunch fresh cilantro
6. Get 4-6 whole white meat fish (I use Mackreal or sturgeon)
7. Take (Optional for added flavor)Whole bodied large shrimp devained
8. Make ready half (Optional for added flavor)whole crab cut in
9. Get About 12 dried california chile pods (rehydrated in boiling H2o
10. Get 1 small can of chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
11. Take 3-4 garlic teeth
12. Take to taste Salt
13. Make ready 1-2 gallons water

Caldo de pescado translates to fish soup is especially popular during lent. For today's caldo de pescado, I also added some shrimp. You could prepare it with all fish, all shrimp or add a mix of seafood. Growing up, my Mom didn't really prepare a lot of seafood recipes.

Steps to make Caldo de Pescado:

1. In a large soup/stew pot add oil onion and tomato and cook till onion is transparent on medium high temp.
2. Add about 1.5 gallons of water, carrots and cilantro, let cook on medium heat until carrots are tender.
3. In a blender add garlic, rehydrated chiles, a small piece of onion, and chipotles. Blend on high until smooth. You may have to add a bit of water to blend.
4. Add blended salsa to pot and let simmer for about 15 more minutes.
5. Add fish and other optional seafood cook about 10 minues.
6. Garnish/top with chopped onion, serano chiles and cilantro. Squeeze lime juice and enjoy.

You could prepare it with all fish, all shrimp or add a mix of seafood. Growing up, my Mom didn't really prepare a lot of seafood recipes. I remember a few dishes for lent, but they were very simple. Caldo de Pescado or Sopa de Pescado is that recipe that every family in Ensenada knows how to cook, obviously every family have their own recipe, so this is my family recipe, it is a very simple and quick recipe, so there is no excuse! Add the torn chiles and saute for another minute, stirrring the whole time.

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