50 fish stick recipes

Chicken and shrimp gumbo with okra, mustard greens, collard greens, and a custom Cajun seasoning blend thickened with browned flour. A lighter take on gumbo with no oil-based roux and loads of greens.

Cajun shrimp stew simmered with crushed tomatoes, red wine, bell peppers, filé seasoning, and thyme. Served over rice with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Ready in 40 minutes.

Saffron-scented rice loaded with chorizo, pork, squid, and clams, studded with almonds, pine nuts, and artichoke hearts. A Catalan spin on paella that feeds a hungry table of six.

Pacific Northwest smoked salmon chowder with red potatoes, fish stock, dill, tarragon, and a finish of half-and-half. Smoky, herby, and built on bacon fat for layered depth.

Crispy pecan-potato pancakes topped with cilantro-marinated grilled shrimp, cool cucumber salsa, and a roasted red pepper cream sauce. A restaurant-style appetizer.

This is another very normal dish that Korean people eat all the time, here the rice cake is nothing to do with dessert, it's a plain small patty or stick that is made of rice, normally simmered with stock, Korean chili sauce, cabbage and chilies. It soak all the delicious flavor, a classic and tasty Korean dish.

Oven-baked monkfish in a ginger cream sauce made with white wine, fish stock, and heavy cream. Includes a from-scratch fish stock recipe. Restaurant-quality seafood entree.

Orange-pecan couscous cooked in orange juice with cinnamon sticks, cloves, turmeric, and raisins. A fragrant, Moroccan-inspired side dish ready in under 30 minutes.

Ukha, a traditional Russian clear salmon soup with a layered fish stock clarified to golden perfection. Poached salmon fillets, potatoes, and carrots in a sparkling broth garnished with lemon.

Sweet potato sticks glazed with honey, butter, ginger, and cardamom in a quick skillet toss. A warmly spiced side dish that pairs with holiday roasts or weeknight dinners.

Pea purée can serve as a garnish, a side dish, or as a spread on crackers or vegetable sticks. Use it as a bed upon which the main item in your entrée can rest. For example, sauté some scallops and place them on a pool of the pea purée.

Cape Cod fish chowder with fresh haddock, crispy salt pork, potatoes, and creamy milk broth. A hearty New England classic built on homemade fish stock for real depth.

Salmon and basil ravioli: homemade basil-flecked pasta dough filled with canned salmon and curd cheese, poached in fish stock and served with a fresh tomato-pesto sauce.

Tomato-based fish soup with haddock, shrimp, leeks, and carrots in a homemade fish stock. The tomato paste and paprika give this hearty chowder its signature pink color.

Classic Provencal fish stew from Toulon with assorted fish, mussels, and crawfish in a silky egg yolk-thickened broth. Fennel, leeks, and garlic croutons round out this elegant one-pot.

Here is how Boston chef William Poirer makes red chowder, and it is good enough to convert the most diehard white chowder fanatic.