Best Seafood Recipes
Salmon, shrimp, white fish, and shellfish — 20 editor-curated picks. Healthy, fast, and flavorful. Every recipe includes nutrition info, and most ingredients link straight to Instacart.
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Honey-Soy Glazed Salmon with Sesame Seeds
Pan-seared salmon fillets coated in a sweet-savory glaze and finished with toasted sesame seeds for a quick, restaurant-quality dinner.
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Paistetut Muikut with Garlic Butter
Crisp pan-fried vendace finished with sizzling garlic-parsley butter, served with rye bread and a crunchy radish-cucumber salad.
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Couscous au Poisson with Harissa Broth
A classic Tunisian coastal couscous: steamed semolina served under grouper steaks and vegetables poached in a brick-red harissa and tomato broth.
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Brik à l'Oeuf with Tuna and Capers
Crisp, paper-thin malsouka pastry folded around oil-packed tuna, capers, parsley, and a whole runny egg, then fried until golden.
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Slata Mechouia with Grilled Peppers and Tuna
A smoky grilled salad of charred peppers, tomatoes, onion, and garlic, chopped together with caraway and olive oil. It is crowned with tuna, hard-boiled eggs, and olives.
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Grilled Sea Bream with Tastira Pepper Salad
A whole sea bream (dorade) scored, marinated in lemon, garlic, and cumin, and charcoal-grilled.
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Shrimp Ojja in Spicy Tomato and Egg
A fiery Tunisian skillet of shrimp simmered in harissa, tomato, and sweet peppers, with eggs poached right in the sauce. It is made for mopping up with warm bread.
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Sardines Farcies Stuffed with Chermoula
Butterflied fresh sardines sandwiched in pairs around a herby chermoula of cilantro, parsley, garlic, cumin, and lemon. They are dredged lightly and pan-fried until crisp.
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Marka Hlow Sweet Fish Tagine
A festive sweet-and-savoury Tunisian stew in which firm white fish simmers with honey-glazed prunes, raisins, onions, cinnamon, and orange blossom water.
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Lohikeitto Creamy Salmon Soup with Dill
A classic Finnish salmon soup with tender potatoes, leeks and carrots in a light cream broth, finished with plenty of fresh dill.
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Muikku Fried Vendace with Mashed Potatoes
Small whole vendace dredged in rye flour and fried crisp in butter, served on buttery mashed potatoes with lingonberries and pickled cucumber.
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Kalakukko Fish and Pork Rye Loaf
A Savonian specialty: vendace and pork belly baked for hours inside a thick rye crust until the fish bones soften and the filling turns rich and juicy.
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Rosolli Beetroot and Herring Salad
A festive Finnish Christmas salad of diced beetroot, potato, carrot, apple and pickled herring, served with a pink whipped-cream dressing.
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Silakkalaatikko Baltic Herring Casserole
Layers of thin-sliced potato, butter-softened onion and fresh Baltic herring fillets baked in a savory egg-milk custard until golden on top.
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Lohilaatikko Salmon and Potato Bake
Finnish salmon casserole made with layers of sliced potato, lightly salted salmon and dill-scented onions, baked in a creamy egg custard.
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Savulohi Smoked Salmon with New Potatoes
Warm hot-smoked salmon served with buttered new potatoes, a sour-cream chive sauce and quick-pickled cucumber, a Finnish summer favorite.
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Saltfiskur Salt Cod with Boiled Potatoes, Caramelized Onion and Brown Butter
Soaked salt cod is gently poached and served the traditional Icelandic way, with boiled potatoes, slow-cooked onions and nutty brown butter.
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Skyr-Marinated Salmon with Cucumber Ribbons and Dill
Salmon fillets are marinated in tangy skyr with lemon and garlic, roasted until just set, and served with a cool pickled cucumber and dill salad.
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Humarsúpa Icelandic Langoustine Soup with Cognac and Cream
A rich, velvety langoustine soup in the style of Iceland's south coast, made from a deep shell stock with tomato, cognac and cream.
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Steamed Haddock with Brown Butter, Capers and Hazelnuts
Gently steamed haddock fillets are spooned over with nutty brown butter, crisp capers and toasted hazelnuts. They are served with steamed greens and boiled potatoes.
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