Seafood Recipes

Crispy cornflake-crusted baked shrimp with a tangy Creole dipping sauce made from chili sauce, mayo, sweet relish, and chopped egg. Crunchy, zesty, and ready in 30 minutes flat.

Grilled salmon steaks basted in melted butter with lemon juice, white wine vinegar, and a hint of garlic. Simple, smoky, and on the table in 30 minutes flat.

Homemade fish stock from trimmings simmered with white wine, lemon juice, onion, celery, and fresh herbs. Makes 3 quarts that freeze beautifully for up to six months.

Almejas Guisadas: Basque-style steamed cherrystone clams in white wine, garlic, olive oil, and parsley. A simple one-pot Spanish seafood dish ready in 30 minutes. Serve with crusty French bread.

Classic beer-batter fried shrimp with a simple 3-ingredient coating of flour, beer, and salt. Each shrimp fries up golden and crispy in just one minute.

Salmon steaks rest under a blanket of sweet Bermuda onion slices with lemon juice and olive oil, then broil to a golden crust. Just six ingredients and almost zero effort for a clean, bright weeknight fish dinner.

Silky angel hair pasta swirled in a bold black pepper cream sauce with white wine, clam juice, and Parmesan, crowned with buttery smoked salmon and a dill-kissed quick creme fraiche. Date night dinner in under an hour.

Bluefish baked en papillote over wild rice, barley, and snow peas with sauteed mushrooms and red peppers. A light, herb-seasoned parchment packet dinner ready in 40 minutes.

Bluefish fillets baked under a Provencal sauce of braised fennel, tomatoes, orange zest, and anise liqueur. Make-ahead friendly and elegant enough for a dinner party.

A whole salmon fillet braised on a bed of buttery carrots, onions, and celery in dry vermouth with tarragon. Three sauce options from simple pan jus to a rich winey cream veloute.

Three-ingredient brine for smoking fish that firms up flesh, seasons deep, and builds the tacky pellicle hot smoke needs to grab hold.

Broiled flounder fillets crowned with a puffy homemade sauce: scratch-made mayonnaise folded with whipped egg whites, dill relish, lemon, and a dash of hot sauce. Golden, airy, and irresistible.

Plump oysters rolled in cracker crumbs and broiled with lemon butter until golden and crispy on the outside, briny and tender within. Just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes.

Broiled salmon glazed with balsamic vinegar, Dijon, and brown sugar, served with a homemade curried eggplant chutney simmered with mustard seeds and red bell pepper. Dinner-party elegant, weeknight doable.

Large shrimp marinated in Caesar dressing and grated Parmesan, then broiled until firm and golden. A 4-ingredient shortcut scampi that's on the table in minutes over rice or angel hair pasta.

A delicious appetizer made with shrimp, garlic and a pinch of cayenne pepper.