89 seafood stew recipes

Veal and crayfish stew in a sherry cream sauce with mushrooms, nutmeg, and lemon. Tender braised veal meets sweet crayfish tails in this elegant French-inspired dish.

New England-style clam chowder built on a butter-flour roux with milk, potatoes, celery, and a finishing splash of red wine vinegar for brightness. Hearty, creamy, eight-bowl batch.

Microwave oyster stew warms canned oysters in buttery milk with celery salt and cayenne. A six-ingredient seafood soup ready in 5 minutes flat.

A traditional Norwegian fish soup from Bergen with homemade fish stock, halibut (or cod), carrots, parsnips, leeks, and an egg yolk-enriched broth. Topped with parsley and sour cream.

This half-soup, half-stew recipe will serve 4 as an appetizer or two as the main course.

Silky pureed corn chowder loaded with lump crab, roasted poblano peppers, and smoky chipotle. Rich, creamy, and layered with Southwestern heat that builds with every spoonful.

Bacon clam chowder is a New England-style soup with minced clams, smoky bacon and half-and-half, simmered overnight for deep flavor. Skimmed and finished with seafood seasoning the next day.

Al's Seafood Bisque - from Al's Soup Kitchen, NYC recipe

Rustic seafood soup simmered in a tomato, white wine, and herb broth with crab, shrimp, and scallops. Low-fat, high-protein, and ready in about 30 minutes.

Definitely a lazy way to make a crab stew, but I was surprised by how great it came out, and it was so quick and easy too.

Cajun seafood gumbo with shrimp, lump crab, ham, and okra built on a dark cocoa-colored roux. Finished with file powder for authentic Louisiana flavor and body.

A light, brothy Mexican pozole with tender fish, hominy, tomatoes, green chiles, and cumin, finished with fresh lime. This seafood twist on the classic soup is ready in 30 minutes.

Creamy curry soup with mixed seafood, mushrooms, asparagus, and green peas in a flour-thickened chicken broth finished with cream. Ready in under 20 minutes.

Chinese crab and corn soup, the restaurant favorite, made light at home. Half the corn is pureed for a naturally creamy body, the rest left whole, with fresh crab, ginger, and a quick cornstarch thickening.

Red snapper soup with sauteed potatoes, shredded carrots, arborio rice, and fish broth. An Italian-style fish soup finished with parsley and red pepper flakes.

Rock shrimp chowder built on a rich homemade shrimp-shell stock, spiced with curry, chili, and thyme, with potatoes, peppers, and tomato. The shrimp go in last to stay tender. A warmly spiced seafood chowder.