Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter
1 large Spanish onion, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1/8 cup mirin (sweetened sake)
1 tablespoon crab boil seasoning (recommended: Old Bay)
Freshly ground black pepper
2 quarts fish stock
2 quarts clam broth
4 large potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 pound crab meat, picked over for shells
1/2 pound lobster meat, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 pound sea scallops
1 pound small shrimp, peeled and de-veined
1 pound skinned whitefish, such as cod or halibut, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 pound firm whitefish such as monkfish or swordfish, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 pint half-and-half or cream, heated (do not boil)
Salt

Instructions

Melt butter in a large stockpot. Saute onions and celery in butter until soft and translucent. Add mirin and continue to cook until it is almost reduced.

Stir in crab boil seasoning and 1 tablespoon pepper. Continue to cook approximately 1 minute.

Pour in fish stock and clam broth and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and cook the potatoes until just tender.

Continue to simmer and add crab, lobster, scallops, and shrimp. Return to a simmer and add fish. Gently poach fish until just cooked.

Add heated half-and-half.

Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Enjoy!

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