While I love a come-one, come-all, once-a-year extravaganza featuring a comically oversized pot and bushels of sea creatures, an intimate, Dutch-oven scaled affair is a lot more manageable—and can happen a lot more often. You can pull off this seafood boil on a weeknight, packed with any quick-cooking veg you’ve got—think snow peas, broccolini, carrots, and favas. Serve with white rice for sopping up that delicious jus. —Lauren Schaefer, Kitty’s Market, Hudson, NY
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Recipe information
Yield
4 - 6 Servings
Ingredients
2
1
2
¼
2
2
3
½
4
2
3
1
2
4
8
1
Preparation
Step 1
Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium. Cook ginger and garlic, stirring often, until slightly golden, about 1 minute. Quickly whisk in miso, then gradually add vinegar, mirin, soy sauce, salt, and 3 cups water, whisking until no lumps remain and increasing heat if needed to maintain a simmer. Whisk in butter and 2 tsp. shichimi togarashi. As soon as butter is melted, reduce heat as needed to maintain a simmer. Add sweet potatoes, cover pot, and cook, until potatoes are just tender, 8–10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer sweet potatoes to a large platter or rimmed baking sheet.
Step 2
Add mussels to pot, cover, and cook until opened, 1–2 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to platter with sweet potatoes, discarding any mussels that don’t open.
Step 3
Add corn, white and pale green scallion parts, green beans, and shrimp to pot, cover, and cook until shrimp are bright pink and corn and green beans are tender, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to platter and top with dark scallion greens. Serve boil with lime wedges.
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Back to Topits good.
Anonymous
london england
7/16/2021
Easy, delicious and easily fed 6 people. We added halibut and substituted snow peas for the green beans. We are camping so just served it all in the pot as a soup with a baguette.
Debbie Reynolds
Chico
8/25/2021
as Private chef and serving the entire family of 11 on Sunday this has been my go to recipe numerous times i double the broth amount and also add lobster tails to top. Start with a salad and serve the whole thing family style with fresh baked bread and then pass crab cakes . they love it every time and its one of the easiest brunch/lunches i serve , the salty brooth is perfectly balanced and its on the table in minutes ..
Anonymous
los angeles CA
10/9/2022