cioppino

American  

[chuh-pee-noh, chawp-pee-naw] / tʃəˈpi noʊ, tʃɔpˈpi nɔ /

noun

Italian Cooking.

1. a stew of fish, shellfish, tomatoes, and seasonings.

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Etymology

Origin of cioppino

1935–40; apparently < dialectal Italian

Example Sentences

It also shines in fish stews and soups of all kinds, from cacciucco to tom kha gai to cioppino or caldeirada.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

The crabs were lifted off the boat and weighed: 855 pounds of fresh crab meat to be transformed into sauteed crab cakes, a Louie salad or thrown into some cioppino.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

My fellow Slatesters have also noticed their favorite products disappearing from shelves: lemon pepper seasoning, frozen cioppino seafood stew, frozen yogurt, horseradish potato chips, and more.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2024

And dozens of delicious specialty dishes were created or popularized here: Santa Maria tri tip, the Mission burrito, Los Angeles’s French dip sandwich, the San Francisco fish stew cioppino and San Diego-style rolled tacos.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

While the bread bakes, make the cioppino: In a large Dutch oven or wide, heavy pot, add 4 cups of the marinara sauce, plus the clam juice, thyme sprigs and red-pepper flakes.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2022