26 seafood stew recipes

Cold green vegetable soup with poached fish. Source: Olga Gorechev, St. Petersburg, Russia

A slow-simmered tomato broth with white wine and clam juice, loaded with catfish chunks and shrimp. Garnished with fresh coriander and lemon. Hearty, soul-warming seafood stew for eight.

A succulent seafood stew, best serve it hot with some good crusty bread.

French seafood stew (matelote) with canned salmon, prawns, mussels, white fish, and mushrooms simmered in cider-stock broth with basil and lemon: hearty mixed seafood soup.

Mediterranean seafood stew with lobster tails, shrimp, and cherrystone clams in a garlicky white wine and plum tomato broth with fresh parsley and oregano.

San Francisco cioppino with white fish, shrimp, scallops, and Dungeness crab in a tomato, white wine, and clam juice broth. A classic Fisherman's Wharf seafood stew.

San Francisco-style seafood stew loaded with shrimp, clams, crab, and whitefish simmered in a garlicky tomato-wine broth. A homemade shellfish stock from the shrimp shells builds deep, briny flavor.

Grilled mahi mahi marinated in saffron, white wine, and Pernod, served with sauteed fennel, crispy fried fennel stems, and homemade garlic aioli. Restaurant-worthy French seafood.

Grilled seafood skewers with salmon, tuna, swordfish, and shrimp in two marinades: lemon-dill and horseradish-mustard. A showstopping summer grill recipe for entertaining a crowd.

Citrus shrimp and scallop kabobs marinated in orange juice, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic, grilled with snow peas and orange wedges. A bright, gluten-free seafood skewer for summer.