Quick Easy Fish Stew

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin 
• 1.5 cups onion chopped
• 3 large garlic cloves minced
• 0.7 cup parsley fresh chopped
• 0.5 cups canned tomatoes fresh whole with their juices crushed chopped canned ( 1 medium tomato)
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste 
• 8 oz bottled clam juice (or shellfish stock)
• 0.5 cup cooking wine dry white (like Sauvignon blanc)
• 1.5 lb fish fillets white red firm cut into 2-inch pieces (use a fish such as halibut, cod, snapper, or sea bass)
• 1 pinch oregano dry
• 1 pinch thyme leaves dry
• 0.1 teaspoon all the tabasco sauce you handle to taste ( )
• 4 servings pepper black freshly ground to taste
• 4 servings salt to taste

Equipment

• bowl
• ladle
• pot

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large thick-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion and sauté 4 minutes, add the garlic and cook a minute more.
3. Add parsley and stir 2 minutes.
4. Add tomato and tomato paste, and gently cook for 10 minutes or so.
5. Add clam juice, dry white wine, and fish. Bring to a simmer and simmer until the fish is cooked through and easily flakes apart, about 3 to 5 minutes.
6. Add seasoning (oregano, thyme, Tabasco).
7. Add salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and serve.
8. Great served with crusty bread for dipping in the fish stew broth.