"You'll want crusty bread for sopping up this San Francisco fish stew...."
INGREDIENTS
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1 teaspoon fennel seeds
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3 tablespoons olive oil
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1 medium onion, finely chopped
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1 small (or 1/2 large) fennel bulb, finely chopped
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4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
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3 bay leaves
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1 teaspoon dried oregano
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1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
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1 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand, juices reserved
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1 1/2 cups dry white wine
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1 8-ounce bottle clam juice
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1 pound skinless fillets haddock or U.S. Pacific cod, cut into 1" pieces
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1 pound mussels, scrubbed, debearded
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1 pound large uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined, or frozen king crab legs, thawed
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1 pound cleaned squid, thawed if frozen, bodies cut into 1/2" rings, tentacles left whole
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Country-style bread