Fish, Seafood & Shellfish
Fish and seafood are relatively delicate and easily overcooked, so becoming familiar with various handling and cooking techniques will help ensure your seafood is always moist and delicious.
How to Make Fish à la Meunière
Made of butter, lemon and parsley, meunière is one of the simplest sauces there is. It's typically served with fish that has been lightly floured and then sautéed.
Made of butter, lemon and parsley, meunière is one of the simplest sauces there is. It's typically served with fish that has been lightly floured and then sautéed.
Sautéed Tilapia with Bacon, Capers & Grape Tomatoes
Bacon, grape tomatoes, capers and lemon juice round out this delicious sautéed tilapia dish, and the caramelized red onions add sweetness and color.
Bacon, grape tomatoes, capers and lemon juice round out this delicious sautéed tilapia dish, and the caramelized red onions add sweetness and color.
Sautéed Salmon Fillets with Ratatouille
Salmon is a great fish for dry-heat cooking methods like sautéeing because it is naturally moist. This simple dish pairs salmon with a classic ratatouille.
Salmon is a great fish for dry-heat cooking methods like sautéeing because it is naturally moist. This simple dish pairs salmon with a classic ratatouille.
Buying Fresh Scallops
Shopping for fresh scallops can be unnecessarily confusing. Find out about the different scallop sizes as well as why it's important to buy chemical-free or "dry-packed" scallops.
Shopping for fresh scallops can be unnecessarily confusing. Find out about the different scallop sizes as well as why it's important to buy chemical-free or "dry-packed" scallops.
How To Make Pan-Seared Sea Scallops
Seared sea scallops are always popular, and this step-by-step tutorial will show you exactly how to make them -- it's simpler than you might think!
Seared sea scallops are always popular, and this step-by-step tutorial will show you exactly how to make them -- it's simpler than you might think!
Sautéed Black Bass with Maître d'Hôtel Butter
Maître d'Hôtel Butter, or compound butter, really enhances sautéed fish, like this black sea bass. Just top the hot fish with a pat of compound butter right before serving it and let the butter form its own sauce as it melts.
Maître d'Hôtel Butter, or compound butter, really enhances sautéed fish, like this black sea bass. Just top the hot fish with a pat of compound butter right before serving it and let the butter form its own sauce as it melts.
Broiled Halibut with Sesame Ginger Reduction
This simple, Asian-inspired recipe combines soy, sesame and ginger and really highlights the meaty flavor of the halibut.
This simple, Asian-inspired recipe combines soy, sesame and ginger and really highlights the meaty flavor of the halibut.
Baked Cod with Beurre Blanc Sauce
This elegant combination of a basic white fish like cod with a simple butter-based sauce like beurre blanc is a starting point for any number of variations.
This elegant combination of a basic white fish like cod with a simple butter-based sauce like beurre blanc is a starting point for any number of variations.
How To Buy Fresh Fish or Shellfish
Unless you caught the fish yourself, you really have no way of knowing exactly how fresh it is. But you can judge a fish’s quality if you know what to look for. Here’s how.
Unless you caught the fish yourself, you really have no way of knowing exactly how fresh it is. But you can judge a fish’s quality if you know what to look for. Here’s how.
Steamed Mussels With Garlic and Chiles
You might not think so, but mussels are some of the easiest seafood items to prepare. Just make sure you have plenty of crusty bread to soak up the delicious broth.
You might not think so, but mussels are some of the easiest seafood items to prepare. Just make sure you have plenty of crusty bread to soak up the delicious broth.