These fantastic seafood recipes are all good options for a delicious weeknight dinner. They're all relatively easy to make and full of flavor.
I've included some of my favorite basic fish recipes using salmon and white fish, as well as some ideas of what to do with canned tuna. I've also added several seafood pasta ideas, as well as what to do with mussels, crab, lobster tails, and scallops.
If you're looking for easy seafood recipes or something more unique and exciting - I've got options for you!
I hope you'll enjoy these healthy meal ideas and learn some new ways to cook fresh fish.
Let us know in the comments below which one of these healthy recipes you'll try!
Baked Sockeye Salmon in Foil
This delicious baked sockeye salmon in foil recipe is made a simple and succulent dish. It's easy to make and you'll love the tenderness of the fish.
It's topped with garlic butter and lemons and then finished with dill. If you like easy fish recipes, you've got to try this.
Drunken Mussels
This delicious drunken mussels recipe is a classic combination of fresh mussels, white wine, garlic, and butter.
They're a classic French recipe called Moules Marinières.
Blackened Tilapia Tacos
These delicious blackened tilapia fish tacos are an awesome weeknight meal! They're slightly spicy, bursting with flavor, and easy to make.
Serve them with a zesty slaw for fish tacos and some tortillas for a fantastic and healthy meal. One of the best tilapia recipes!
Baked Crab Cakes
These fantastic oven-baked crab cakes are easy to pull together. They're a great appetizer or can be served as a main course.
They're Maryland-style crab cakes with only have a little filler so the flavor of the crab really shines!
Baked Pollock
This delicious crispy baked pollock with parmesan and panko is a fantastic white fish recipe. The Alaskan pollock is tender but substantial.
Poached Sea Bass Recipe
This poached sea bass is going to be one of your favorite dinners! It's a fantastic and easy seafood meal and a healthy dinner.
The delicate fish, briny olives, aromatic wine, and fresh herbs all combine to make an amazing meal.
Thai Fish Curry
This flavorful Thai fish curry recipe is so creamy! It's made with mahi mahi but you can use any white fish you'd like.
The zesty red curry paste and creamy coconut milk combine to form a flavorful base for the fresh fish and chopped veggies.
Crispy Baked Haddock
This wonderful crispy baked haddock recipe is a tasty and easy meal that's ready in minutes!
The golden panko and parmesan crust on this fish is perfection.
Garlic Butter Lobster Tails
These succulent garlic butter lobster tails are tender and tasty.
You'll love the buttery sauce over the well-spiced lobster. They're perfect for a special occasion or date night meal.
Sheet Pan Salmon Recipe
This sheet pan salmon with green beans and radishes and a mustard dressing is an easy weeknight meal.
Cooking the fresh salmon and veggies on a sheet pan makes for the easiest clean-up and minimal prep work.
Mediterranean Tuna Salad
This Mediterranean tuna salad recipe is so easy to make! You will love how flavorful and healthy it is!
It's an easy and great way to use canned salmon. It makes for a delicious lunch recipe or light dinner.
Baked Whitefish
This tender baked whitefish recipe is so easy to make! It's a great healthy weeknight meal, and it's ready in 30 minutes.
Blackened Tilapia
This spicy blackened tilapia recipe is ready in minutes - perfect for an easy weeknight dinner!
The tilapia fish fillets are topped with blackening seasoning (similar to cajun seasoning) and are richly flavorful.
The seasoning and sautéing of this dish combine to make a delicious, tender fish.
Barramundi with Mango Slaw
This barramundi recipe with mango slaw is a wonderfully flavorful pescetarian meal.
Barramundi is a sustainable, Asian sea bass that has a mild, buttery flavor that pairs extremely well with a crunchy, juicy slaw.
Mediterranean Salmon Recipe
You are going to love this delicious Mediterranean salmon recipe. The tender salmon pairs wonderfully with the roasted vegetables, crumbly feta, and soft herbs.
This salmon is made on a sheet pan so the clean-up is easy and it's all made in one dish! A great meal for those on the Mediterranean diet.
Coconut Crusted Tilapia
This coconut-crusted tilapia recipe is richly flavorful and wonderfully spiced. You'll love this baked fish recipe.
You can make this recipe with any white fish fillet, but we chose tilapia because it's abundant and reasonably priced!
Furikake Salmon
This furikake salmon recipe is so easy to make and has a lovely earthy, briny topping.
Furikake is a Japanese rice seasoning that usually has some blend of bonito flakes, nori, black and white sesame seeds, and salt.
Shrimp Summer Rolls
These tasty shrimp summer rolls are made with cucumber, rice vermicelli noodles, and lots of fresh herbs.
They're so fun to make and absolutely delicious.
Grilled Red Snapper
This delicious grilled red snapper recipe has a cajun seasoning crust that's bursting with flavor. It's a fantastic flaky white fish.
This method for cooking snapper is incredibly easy - you'll have dinner ready in just a few minutes! Grilling snapper results in a tender, moist fish that flakes apart.
Spicy Tuna Onigiri
You've got to try making this tuna onigiri recipe. It's the most delicious and comforting snack that can also be eaten for lunch (think of them as a rice sandwich).
Onirigi are Japanese rice balls that are often shaped as triangles but they can be pressed into other shapes as well.
Mediterranean Salmon Salad
Tender salmon combines with crisp Romaine lettuce, juicy tomatoes and cucumbers, and much more for a delicious Mediterranean salmon salad recipe.
You'll flake the cooked salmon so you can have some of it in every bite. Every bit of this salad is succulent and fresh!
Pan-Seared Scallops with Edamame & Peas
This scallops with peas and edamame recipe is ready in about 25 minutes and tastes so fresh and delicious!
Pan-searing the scallops brings out their flavor and develops a delightful crust on them.
Juniper Berries Salmon
This juniper berries salmon recipe is a delicious, healthy meal. It's ready in less than 25 minutes. This is an easy recipe to throw together, but it’s full of flavor!
Easy Oven Baked Shrimp Recipe
This simple and tasty baked shrimp recipe is ready in just a few minutes!
If you are looking for an easy but succulent shrimp recipe, then look no further - you're going to love this. This will be one of your new favorite shrimp recipes!
Lemon Baked Swordfish
You'll love this baked swordfish with lemon and shallots - it's a delicious recipe that only requires about ten minutes of hands-on time!
Baked Parmesan Panko Cod Recipe
This delicious parmesan panko crusted cod recipe is a must make! It's easy to pull together and results in the tenderest cod.
Sesame Salmon with Everything Bagel Seasoning
This sesame salmon recipe will be one of your new favorite healthy fish recipes! It's deliciously flavorful and made with just a few ingredients.
Using everything bagel seasoning adds a wonderful crust to the salmon. It's a fantastic simple recipe that's perfect for any night of the week.
Lemon Garlic Sole Recipe
This delicious healthy baked sole recipe with lemon and garlic is ready in just a few minutes!
Stuffed Avocado with Tuna
This stuffed avocado with tuna recipe is so easy and it's a good choice for a delicious light lunch.
It's so quick to make and leaves you feeling sated and full!
Grilled Cod in Foil
This delicious grilled cod in foil is topped with a lemon butter sauce that pairs perfectly with the mild flavor of the cod.
Cod is an easy fish to like, because of its mild flavor and tender flesh.
Baked Lemon Salmon Recipe
This fantastic foil-packet lemon salmon with garlic butter is ready in about 30 minutes! It's a delicious healthy dinner perfect for busy weeknights.
Baked Ocean Perch Recipe
One of the simplest and best ways to cook ocean perch - this recipe has a tangy mustard dry rub that's bursting with flavor.
Salmon Patties
You're going to love these delicious, tender salmon patties. They are so easy to make and a fantastic, filling meal.
Pan Seared Swordfish Steak
This fantastic pan seared swordfish recipe with a caper butter sauce is ready in minutes.
Easy Broiled Salmon
This tender and succulent broiled salmon recipe is easy to pull together and only needs about 10 minutes of broiling time! This will be your new favorite way to make salmon.
Lemon Garlic Gulf Shrimp Recipe
You're going to love this easy gulf shrimp recipe! It's topped with a delicious lemon garlic butter sauce and roasted to perfection.
Seafood Recipes - Salmon in Foil
Try one of our favorite seafood recipes - this delicious, tender salmon is cooked in foil.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds sockeye salmon
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ lemon, thinly sliced
- optional - 1 tablespoon fresh dill for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place the salmon in a large sheet of aluminum foil on a rimmed baking sheet. Pat the salmon dry with a sheet of paper towel.
- Combine the olive oil, lemon juice, minced garlic, parsley flakes, sea salt, and black pepper in a small bowl. Drizzle this over the salmon, trying to cover all parts of the salmon equally. Place the lemon slices on top of the salmon.
- Cinch together the sides of the foil to close the salmon into the foil packet.
- Bake for 10 minutes and then open the foil packet. Broil on high for 2 to 3 minutes, making sure it doesn’t burn.
- Remove the salmon from the oven and serve immediately. Top with optional fresh dill.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 362Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 423mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 45g
Which one of these delicious meals will you try?
What to Serve with Seafood Dishes
Here are several ideas for what to serve alongside fish. Adding one or two side dishes will make for a delicious weeknight dinner.
- Grilled Asparagus - this easy grilled asparagus recipe is ready in minutes. It's a fabulous side dish!
- Parmesan Green Beans - these delicious parmesan green beans are topped with panko breadcrumbs and roasted to perfection.
- Roasted Red Potatoes - garlic and herb roasted red potatoes baked to golden perfection.
- The Best Green Salad Recipe - a bright green salad recipe with crumbled pecorino, rich panko, soft butter lettuce, and red spring onions.
Sauces for Seafood
Several fish and seafood dishes taste great with a dipping sauce. Try one of these!
- Easy Homemade Tartar Sauce - this easy sauce is so simple to make. You're going to love the tangy flavor!
- Remoulade for Crab Cakes - a delicious creamy sauce that's tangy and mustardy.
- Easy Cocktail Sauce - a quick and easy sauce that's great with shrimp.
- Seafood Sauce Recipe - this delicious dipping sauce is lightly spicy and so easy to make.
- Dill Sauce for Seafood - a simple creamy sauce perfect for salmon and white fish.