35 Of Our Best Fish Recipes We've Been Saving Since Last Good Friday (2024)

Being a meaty, tender fish, mahi mahi stands up well to the grill and is even better when marinated. Here we’ve used a mayo-based marinade that adds some richness and a ton of flavor that makes it resemble blackened salmon that you might find in the South. Throw the fish on a tortilla with some spicy pineapple-jalapeño salsa, and you'll have an amazing taco night.

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Fish and chips meet Nashville-style fried chicken. It’s a spicy match and a fun warm-weather dinner idea. It’s not light-your-mouth-on-fire hot, but you’ll appreciate having a beer on hand to wash it down with. We like to take some of the spicy oil and mix it into mayonnaise to dip fries in. You can of course skip making your own fries and buy a bag of frozen, but we love a chance to use the cold oil method for French fries. Plus, you already have to bust out the oil for frying the fish, so it feels worth it to make your own here.

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Originating in San Francisco, this tomato-based seafood stew is traditionally filled with whatever seafood is fresh at the market. Since plenty of seafood is available year-round, we went with four of our favorites: shrimp, clams, mussels, and halibut. The perfect accompaniment to cioppino has got to be crusty bread to sop up any remaining soup. A crispy French loaf would be great, but we also love to really highlight the flavors of San Francisco with a bit of sourdough.

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Using canned or jarred tuna in pasta is a cheap and delicious way to add some protein to a meal. Italians do it with pasta al tonno, and Americans do it (in our own way) with tuna noodle casserole. This recipe is a bit of a riff on pasta puttanesca, using familiar ingredients such as capers, anchovies, and olives.

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Sorry fancy restaurants, the secret is out: Steamed clams are SO easy to make at home. Here, they're paired with crispy bacon, fresh sweet corn kernels, and a glug of heavy cream for a decadent sauce, perfect for dunking grilled sourdough bread into. It only takes about 7 minutes to steam clams open—there's barely any trick to it. Now that you know how easy they are, try your hand at linguine with clams or harissa-spiced clams if you want a fiery twist. Prefer mussels instead? These steamed mussels in tomato broth are a delight.

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A simple combination of fresh aromatics, white wine, and seafood stock transforms humble Italian rice grains into the dreamy, cheesy, luscious rice porridge that we’ve all come to love. And adding fresh, faintly sweet lobster meat is all that’s needed to take your risotto over the top.

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Whenever we're craving a salad, it usually means we want something fresh and crisp with lots of flavor. And a salad that won't leave us hungry in 30 minutes. This gorgeous salad is hearty enough to be dinner. While the salmon is cooking, you can get all of your veggie chopping done. An easy dinner with big reward!

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We’re pretty much always down to eat some Buffalo wings, but while they’re a game day MUST, they don’t always fit into our day to day meal plans. We love Buffalo sauce SO much we’re even extending it beyond chicken wings, like in these Buffalo shrimp lettuce wraps. They’re a meal prep dream that come together in less than an hour for an easy, super-flavorful, low-carb dinner.

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The coconut milk and spice go so well together, making a rich but not heavy sauce that really tastes and feels far more complicated than it is. The salmon simmers in the milk keeping it very tender, flaky, and extra flavorful. Just remember that the coconut milk will tone down a lot of the heat, so even if you feel like the called for amount will be too much, it might not be!

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Both shrimp stew and seafood gumbo are staple dishes in Louisiana. Both normally include a roux (a thickener made with flour) or a traditional ingredient like filé powder, but this weeknight rendition skips those for a lighter broth (and a faster cook time).

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