The creamy rice dish risotto pairs so well with shrimp, creating shrimp risotto- a true comfort classic. It’s a dish that seems complex on the surface and might appear to be a little over your head if you’re a novice cook. However, I’m going to share with you a method for how to make shrimp …
I prefer to grill mussels, because it’s really easy to do and it cooks them so quickly. You can finish cooking mussels on the grill in about 10 minutes or less. I like to serve up mussels as an appetizer or make them part of a larger seafood spread, alongside shrimp, oysters, and crab, for …
Monkfish is a really tender kind of seafood that falls apart easily when it’s well cooked. It’s a great addition to pasta, salad, sandwiches, or just on its own as the main dish for your meal. What I like about trying to cook monkfish is that it’s pretty easy fish to prepare. It’s also not …
The delicious Maine lobster is known for rich large meat portions. A lot of that meat comes from the massive claws, and this lobster is found along the northern coast of the United States. Since these lobsters hang out in Maine’s cool waters, the meat is very tender and sweet, especially when you compare it …
If you’re looking for a fancy dish to serve at your next dinner, try lobster tail. This is probably the best part of the lobster because it’s packed with meat. The tail usually includes the abdomen as well, so we’re not just talking about the very back tip of the lobster when we talk about …
Haddock is a really light whitefish that’s pretty easy to work with. It makes a great main course, if you cook haddock with plenty of seasoning, and I’ll share with you a few ways how to cook haddock and use it in your meals. One of the things I love about this fish is that …
Mahi Mahi is a versatile whitefish that can be prepared any number of ways and served with the typical sides you would have with any seafood dish. Mahi mahi usually comes in skinless fillets and may be labelled as dolphinfish, which you may see in certain parts of the world where it is sold. You …
I’m often inclined to throw fish into a frying pan to cook it up quickly for a meal, but there’s value in taking the time to prepare baked fish instead. It’s a healthier way to prepare your fish, and you can do a lot more with it, as you’re not as limited as you would …
What if sushi were cooked? That’s the question posed by sushi bake, which takes all the ingredients you’re used to seeing in a sushi dish and puts them in a baking pan in the oven to give them a wonderfully crispy, baked texture. At that point, it’s no longer traditional sushi, which is typically made …
I don’t prepare many fish dishes, but when I do, Spanish fish stew is one of the few fish dishes that always comes to mind. Its rich, Mediterranean flavor is undoubtedly a household favorite. What’s more? It’s a one-pan meal. No mess, not a lot of dishes to clean! I would be lying if I …
There’s a whole vast selection of Japanese street foods that most people don’t know about, and takoyaki is one of the better ones. What is takoyaki? The word literally translates as fried octopus, but they contain additional ingredients as well beyond just the fried cephalopod. They may contain a little seasoning, particularly ginger, as well …
Red snapper gets its name from its snapping teeth, and it’s a fish with a sweet, subtle flavor that’s typically found in Caribbean waters. When buying snapper, don’t be fooled by other red fish marketed as red snappers. Some food manufacturers will classify some fish that aren’t truly red snappers, like rockfish, as red snappers. …
Trout is a sweet and tender fish that’s easy to cook whole. There’s no need to chop it up into smaller pieces when you have a relatively thin piece of fish like this that’s not very thick even when it’s the whole fish. I’ll show you how to cook trout whole and make it come …
I’m going to provide you with a few different methods to cook yellowfin tuna, so no matter what your preference is, you will have some options. How to Bake Yellowfin Tuna Baked yellowfin tuna works best when you marinate the tuna filets or steaks first. Allow them to marinate for an hour at least, and …
You have to be careful when baking salmon that you don’t overcook it or dry it out. Because fish filets like salmon tend to be very thin, it’s easy to cook them too much. Fish cooks quickly, so you don’t need the long cook times of a denser meat like chicken. In this article, I …
Mackerel has a distinctive, strong flavor. This oily fish is nutrient rich, so it’s a healthy addition to your diet. These are an easy fish to find in the market, since they’re so sustainable. If you’re worried about overfishing of mackerel, you can put your mind at ease and make them a regular part of …
Shrimp tacos are such a superb treat that I usually reserve for the weekend. The combination of spicy, creamy, crunchy, and chewy just works together so well to make a dish that really excites the taste buds. What I absolutely love about tacos, burritos, and other similar dishes is that there are so many ways …
This volatile food is prone to attracting bacteria of all kinds. If you’re not careful with how you handle it, you could experience nausea, vomiting, or an upset stomach. Probably just about everybody has a seafood sickness story where they talk about that time they ate bad shrimp or some clams that disagreed with them. …
The very best seafood sauces make you want to have more seafood just to enjoy the sauce that goes with it. If you want to take your seafood to the next level, try making up a simple butter sauce to accompany it. With just a few ingredients, you can make a garlic butter sauce that’s …
Seafood rice is a Latin dish that is usually made with stock or broth and then seasoned. You will add fried rice, along with a seafood like shrimp, clams, or scallops. It’s really similar to the Spanish seafood dish seafood paella, kind of like its Western world counterpart. There are variations of this that are …
You might think that you would do better to buy fresh shrimp rather than frozen, but that’s not usually the case. Shrimp are a very fragile meat in that they need to be kept carefully frozen or used soon after they are caught. Otherwise, they can go bad and cause food poisoning. It doesn’t take …
Have you ever tried to cook scallops at home? Maybe you felt intimidated by them because they’re not something you see people make at home very often. I want to assure you that this is a great at home food to try making, even if you’re not an experienced cook. Here are just a few …
When cooking frozen cinnamon, you may be wondering if you need to defrost it first. You might have concerns about one method of cooking being better than another. Should you cook frozen salmon in the air fryer, in the oven, or in a pan on the stove? The truth is, there are a few different …
In New England, most of the fancy restaurants have baked cod with ritz crackers on their menu. Some of these restaurants also add seafood topping to their baked cod. If you want to make the baked cod with the ritz crackers recipe at home, let me assure you that you can effortlessly prepare this dish. …
Miso salmon is the fillet of fresh fish soaked in sauce and then allowed to broil. Once it cooks, you need to take out miso salmon from the oven, and you can top with sesame seeds or garnish it with cilantro. It is so delicious to eat that anyone’s mouth can water. Miso Salmon is …
There are plenty of quick and easy ways to cook shrimp, but probably the simplest is to broil shrimp. This basically means just to bake the shrimp, and it cooks so quickly this way that you will want to know how to broil shrimp in oven for a quick and easy dish. If you make …
Do you want your homemade lobster to look like a gourmet dish? The secret is learning how to butterfly a lobster tail. This is simply a method of cutting the hard shell of the lobster tail so that we meat spreads out in two equal halves. If you do that then when you cook the …
A seafood boil is great way to put a lot of seafood meats into the same dish quickly and easily without a lot of fuss. You can toss together lobster, crab, shrimp, and more in your seafood boil and cook them all at once. They will all combine nicely and can all cook in the …
Although the word “poached” might give you a false impression that it’s a difficult way to cook salmon, it’s actually one of the easiest methods and some ideas on what to serve with poached salmon Poaching generally refers to cooking tender meat and other food gently in a broth over low heat. Poaching a salmon …
Have you ever tried to cook sous vide lobster tail at home? While many people are wary of cooking sous vide, it’s actually one of the easiest ways to cook delicious meals. We’re going to cook lobster sous vide step by step and show you one of the tastiest sous vide lobster recipes you’ll ever …
It’s crazy how the simplest of ingredients can make all the difference in the culinary world. Maybe the simplicity of the ingredients in today’s recipe is because they’re subserving. They all complement the rockstar of the plate: the crab. From Chinese and Thai origins comes today’s recipe: Thai crab fried rice. Just by talking about …
There is nothing like a comforting risotto as part of my meal to make me feel all warm inside. I love how creamy and thick it is, almost like a porridge. Anyone who has eaten risotto before knows that it is best when accompanied by some other foods as part of a meal, though. It …
It’s tough to cook up healthy, satisfying meals three times a day, seven days a week, but you can save yourself some time and some work by planning ahead. Meal prep is simply working ahead of time to consolidate your meal planning and cooking so that you have less work overall. It also lets you …
Dried mushrooms have a strong flavor to them and a meaty, chewy texture. This makes them ideal for adding to vegetarian dishes, as they can be substituted for meat in a variety of dishes. You can use mushrooms on your sandwiches, salads, pizza, pasta and more as a healthy vegan alternative to processed foods, meats …
Flat flour or corn tortillas are a standard ingredient in a lot of Mexican, Spanish, and Southwestern dishes. Anyone who uses tortillas just for burritos is missing out, because there are so many other ways to use them. These are just as versatile as bread, if not more so. If you start thinking of tortillas …
If you’ve ever been to Singapore, you probably know how popular the Singapore chilli crab recipe is with locals and visitors alike. You can find the yummy meal served everywhere from restaurants to street vendors all across the city. The good news is that you don’t have to go all the way to Asia to …
These are the best recipes for salmon that I have been able to find from all around the internet. I’ve tried to include a wide range of recipes to cover just about anything you might want to do with salmon. If you’re tired of the same-old, same-old when it comes to salmon (cedar plank salmon, …
Because shrimp (at least the fresh stuff) has a relatively mild flavour, it’s an incredibly versatile protein. As Bubba liked to say in Forrest Gump, it can be served as fried shrimp, boiled shrimp, shrimp scampi, shrimp bisque… you get the idea. In this post, I’m going to reveal some of the most incredibly delicious …
Gumbo is a Cajun dish that originates in New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s typically served over rice, though many versions these days include rice in the gumbo itself. Its main ingredients are sassafras and bay leaves, which give it its recognisable flavour. Other ingredients vary, but may include okra, shrimp, crawfish (crawdads or crayfish), chicken, or …
Crawfish, also known as crayfish, mudbugs, and crawdads, are small crustaceans that taste astonishingly similar to crab and shrimp, except chewier and meatier. Preparation is just about the same, as well, with just a few exceptions. In today’s guide to cooking crawfish, I’ve included detailed steps on properly cleaning, preparing, and peeling them. Let’s dive …
There is no smarter decision than adding fish to your daily meals. A good fry-up is not only tasty but also comes with a whole lot of nutrients. You might be aware that fish meat can contribute to your health and happiness, right? Well, you don’t need a lot of adornments to achieve that. Instead, …
Summer is just around the corner. As the sun is creeping into my kitchen window I’m starting to think about all the fantastic summer produce that’s about to come into season. Farmer’s markets are a perfect way to find out what ingredients are customary at this time of year. Every time I find myself wandering …