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Cioppino is a  classic San Francisco seafood dish that will make you look like a superstar in the kitchen. 

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Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a large sauteuse (deep skillet) over medium heat. Add the fennel, onion, shallots, and salt.

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Add the garlic and crushed red pepper and continue to saute for 2 more minutes.

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Add tomato paste, plum tomatoes and all juices, wine, chicken stock, and bay leaf.

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Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sear the shrimp, scallops (and fish pieces if used) on both sides, but do not cook fully the seafood.

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In the same pan you used for the seafood, add a little more olive oil, the clams and mussels. Cover and steam them until they open.

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At about the 45-minute mark of simmering the sauce, add in the crabs, and the mussels and clams with all the pan juices. Continue to simmer.

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