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How to make fish soup
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How to make fish soup

18 ingredients 1 hr + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Fish soup made with fresh stock has bags of flavour and economically uses up all the fish. Make it as simple or luxurious as you wish.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

660
Calories
51g
Protein
28g
Fat
54g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 x whole white fish
  • large handful prawns
  • large handful mussels
  • 400g/14oz waxy potatoes
  • 1 tbsp chopped flatleaf parsley
  • drizzle of olive oil
  • 30ml/2 tbsp olive oil
  • trimmings, including head and bones, from fishfish
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 small bulb fennel
  • 3 ripe tomatoes
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 large sprig thyme
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 pinches saffron
  • 1-2 star anise
  • 2 litres/3½ pints boiling water
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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