Recipe: Perfect Caldo de Pescado

Caldo de Pescado.

You can have Caldo de Pescado using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Caldo de Pescado

1. It's 4 cups of chopped carrots.
2. It's 2 cups of chopped onion.
3. It's 3 cups of chopped tomato.
4. Prepare 2 tbsp of cooking oil.
5. Prepare Bunch of fresh cilantro.
6. You need 4-6 of whole white meat fish (I use Mackreal or sturgeon).
7. Prepare of (Optional for added flavor)Whole bodied large shrimp devained.
8. You need half of (Optional for added flavor)whole crab cut in.
9. Prepare of About 12 dried california chile pods (rehydrated in boiling H2o.
10. You need 1 of small can of chipotle chiles in adobo sauce.
11. Prepare 3-4 of garlic teeth.
12. It's to taste of Salt.
13. It's 1-2 gallons of water.

Caldo de Pescado step by step

1. In a large soup/stew pot add oil onion and tomato and cook till onion is transparent on medium high temp..
2. Add about 1.5 gallons of water, carrots and cilantro, let cook on medium heat until carrots are tender..
3. In a blender add garlic, rehydrated chiles, a small piece of onion, and chipotles. Blend on high until smooth. You may have to add a bit of water to blend..
4. Add blended salsa to pot and let simmer for about 15 more minutes..
5. Add fish and other optional seafood cook about 10 minues..
6. Garnish/top with chopped onion, serano chiles and cilantro. Squeeze lime juice and enjoy..