85+ Easy Seafood Dinner Recipes

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Add a “splash” to your menu with over 85 Seafood Dinner Ideas! These easy seafood recipes are a simple and healthy way to incorporate more fish and shellfish into your diet. Whether you are looking for shrimp, salmon, or other favorite fish or shellfish there are plenty of delicious dishes to love!

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Delicious Seafood Dinner Ideas – easy recipes for fish and shellfish!

What is your favorite seafood? Do you prefer fish like salmon or tuna? Or do you go for shellfish like shrimp or crab?

Or maybe you are intimidated by seafood and don’t know where to start.

Whether you are a novice or a pro when it comes to ocean fare, you are sure to find ideas to inspire you to cook more seafood recipes. This collection has everything from tacos and pasta to soups and sandwiches. Some are quick meals you can whip up in a flash. Others might be more of a meal to impress someone special.

But I guarantee these seafood dinner ideas are all simple and delicious.

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Salmon Recipes

Salmon is definitely one of the most popular fish. With its many health benefits, from being a good source of protein plus all the omega-3 fatty acids, everyone is trying to incorporate more salmon into their diet. You can cook an entire side of salmon, or cut it into fillets. It can be baked or grilled, pan-seared or smoked, and it lends itself to many flavors, from sweet stick glazy to spicy dry rubs, as well as Asian, Italian, or Tex Mex-inspired flavors.

Broiled salmon on a plate with maple sesame glaze and broccoli.

Sesame Maple Glazed Salmon

With a sweet and savory Asian-inspired marinade, this is a fish recipe that even the non-seafood eaters will love. Drizzle your perfectly broiled salmon with the flavorful sauce and serve it with broccoli and rice or cauliflower rice to make it a full meal. 
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Gluten-free Salmon Wellington cut into slices on a platter, next to a lemon wedge and fresh spinach leaves.

Gluten Free Salmon Wellington

This impressive dish is made quick and east by using a frozen gluten free puff pastry. Flaky salmon fillet and a cheesy spinach filling is baked "en croute" to make it perfect for entertaining.
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A baked piece of pesto salmon on a blue plate with green beans to the left and potatoes to the right.

Pesto Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner

With potatoes and green beans is a simple and delicious dinner recipe that’s ready in less than forty minutes and leaves you with only one pan to clean up. This seafood sheet pan meal is a healthy addition to your weekly meal plan.
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Other Fish Recipes

There are also many other types of fish. Tuna is available canned or fresh. You can get cod and other whitefish are fresh fillets or already made into fish sticks. And then there are less common, but equally delicious fish like swai, barramundi, and mahi mahi. These fish can be battered and fried, baked and topped with fresh salsas and sauces, or put into tacos.

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Tuna Noodle Casserole

This cozy casserole is a true classic with plenty of filling tuna and pasta. The creamy sauce is made from scratch – no canned soup in sight. But it's still super simple and deliciously cheesy, though now it's easy to make gluten free by using GF noodles.
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Chili Lime Fish Stick Tacos

Chili Lime Fish Stick Tacos

A super fast and easy surefire way to get your kids eating seafood. This is a quicker way to make fish tacos with a little trick to jazz up those fish sticks and a simple, kid-friendly mango avocado salsa add tons of fresh flavor
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Shrimp Recipes

When it comes to seafood dinner ideas, shrimp might just be one of the most versatile types. Not to go all Forrest Gump on you, but there is fried shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp gumbo, barbecue shrimp, shrimp salads, and so much more. It’s probably impossible for anyone to not be able to find a shrimp recipe they’ll enjoy. Heck, there are over thirty in this list alone.

a plate of white rice with bourbon shrimp and vegetables in the middle next to a dish of sesame seeds

Bourbon Shrimp

This easy recipe has everything you love with pan-seared shrimp and veggies are quickly simmered in a sweet, sticky, and savory sauce that is simple and richly flavored. It is a delicious 30-minute seafood dinner you can serve over rice, noodles, and more.
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A blue bowl of teriyaki shrimp with a spoon.

Teriyaki Shrimp

This classic dish is so quick and easy that you can enjoy it on any busy weeknight. Spoon it over rice and ad your favorite veggies for a complete Asian-style meal that's ready in minutes. You'll love the sweet and savory flavors of the sticky sauce.
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Honey Lime Shrimp with Chili on a plate

Chili Lime Shrimp

A quick and easy recipe that packs a serious punch of sweet and spicy flavor and can be served over rice or cauliflower rice, in tacos or lettuce wraps, or on top of a salad. But you only need a few ingredients, one skillet, and less than ten minutes.
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gluten free BBQ shrimp quinoa bowl

BBQ Shrimp Quinoa Bowls

Quinoa bowls are a simple and versatile but satisfying dinner that comes together quickly for busy weeknights. Sauteed shrimp tossed in BBQ sauce is added to a bowl with quinoa and steamed broccoli for a healthy and kid friendly meal.
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bowl of mixed greens topped with grilled shrimp, watermelon, mango, pineapple, crumbled goat cheese, pine nuts, and strawberry vinaigrette

Fruity Grilled Shrimp Salad

This summery salad is light, crisp, and refreshing, but totally satisfying. You’ll love the succulent shrimp paired with fresh fruit, tangy goat cheese, and a zingy Strawberry Lime Poppyseed Vinaigrette. 
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Rice paper rolls filled with shrimp and veggies on a cutting board with a set of chopsticks and more summer rolls on a plate.

Shrimp Rice Paper Rolls

Also known as summer rolls, these are a fresh and versatile appetizer or side, or a light lunch. Succulent shrimp and cool, crisp veggies are tossed in a simple sauce and rolled up in rice paper wrappers and served with your favorite dipping sauce. 
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Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil

Make this Cajun classic even easier without a big pot of boiling water. Just cook your succulent shrimp, spicy sausage, and hearty corn and potatoes right in the oven. Turn this fun and flacvorful meal into an easy weeknight dish.
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Shrimp Mashed Potato Bowl

Home-Style Shrimp Bowls

Quick and easy comfort food – spicy shrimp and corn on top of a bowl of creamy mashed potatoes. Classic flavors with a little kick.
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Shrimp Cobb Salad with hard boiled eggs, bacon, limes, tomatoes, avocado, cotija cheese, grilled corn, and cilantro lime dressing in a white serving bowl

Grilled Shrimp Cobb Salad

Fresh, flavorful, and filling. This seafood version of the classic Cobb even has a bit of a Mexican twist with grilled corn, Cotija cheese, and a spicy Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing. 
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Lobster, Crab, and Other Shellfish Recipes

Of course, there are plenty of other types of shellfish too. Lobster may be the granddaddy of all seafood. It’s rich and elegant and makes a meal extra special. Crab can be eaten simply steamed, or added into soups, sandwiches, crab cakes, and more. And let’s not forget about clams, mussels, scallops, and all the other delicious shellfish in the ocean.

Lobster Cobb Salad

Lobster Cobb Salad

A deliciously light and fresh dinner salad. It’s the perfect combination of seafood, vegetables, and let’s not forget the cheese, avocado, and, of course, bacon to make it totally satisfying.
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Mixed Seafood Recipes

When you can’t decide, just combine your favorite types of seafood into one dish. In cuisines all over the world, you’ll find soups and stews with multiple varieties of fish and shellfish. And pasta dishes often combine a few different types of seafood.

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  1. Phyllis
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    Thank you – this list is most extensive I have ever seen. The problem is which recipe to try first. We love seafood!

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