Mediterranean Fish Recipes & Seafood Dishes that are the best sea to table experience.
Fish is important in a Mediterranean diet, and fresh caught is always best. Growing up in Lebanon, fresh fish dishes are a large part of dining out or having special meals with the family in celebration.
Just like every culture, fish and seafood dishes look completely different in the Middle East than how they would elsewhere, and holy moly are they delicious!
In most Mediterranean fish recipes, there's a large influence on using extra virgin olive oil, fresh lemon, and fresh garlic. It's our go-to way to add a ton of fresh burst of flavor to any dish! Plus the addition of any fresh herbs we can get our hands on. Parsley is often used to garnish seafood, however, fresh oregano can be a more popular choice in Lebanon, and surrounding countries.
I've collected my favorite list of recipes to give you tons of ideas!
Starting with how to bake a whole fish, since that's also a very authentic way of cooking fish!
Then we have my favorite way to cook steamer clams with a Mediterranean-inspired antipasto salad, then Baked Mussels with a Mediterranean Chimichurri, and of course a popular lemon-y spice often used in Lebanon on various salad, in a oyster vinaigrette. And, more! For more information on what is a Mediterranean diet, and all that the lifestyle offers, check out this post.
1. Baked Whole Fish
Baked whole Rockfish Recipe with olive oil, lemon, garlic and thyme. A Mediterranean must!
You will be surprised how easy and delicious this baked rockfish recipe is. Definitely beginner friendly! So, run to your local fish market friends, and grab a whole rockfish to make.
RECIPE: BAKED WHOLE FISH RECIPE
2. Mediterranean Steamed Clams in White Wine Sauce
This Mediterranean Steamed Clams in White Wine Sauce is my Lebanese take on a traditional white wine steamed clam recipe. Taking fresh steamer clams, garlic, white wine, a touch of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, mini peppers, shallots, and kalamata olives cooked for just a few minutes and served alongside crusty bread.
RECIPE: STEAMED CLAMS RECIPE
3. Tuna Pesto Pasta
This simple dish is a great way to incorporate a little bit of pesto - a popular Italian sauce, to an easy fish dinner. It's topped with fresh ingredients to brighten and lighten this pasta dish!
RECIPE: TUNA PESTO PASTA RECIPE
4. Baked Mussels and Root Veggies in Mediterranean Chimichurri
Baked Mussels with Root Vegetables recipe is an easy seafood sheet pan dinner that knocks it out of the park in flavor!
Tender Mussels baked in the oven, then topped with homemade Mediterranean Chimichurri sauce that's made with cilantro, parsley, garlic, red onion, lemon, and limes.
RECIPE: BAKED MUSSELS RECIPE
5. Sumac Oyster Vinaigrette
Oyster Vinaigrette Sauce that's bar none! If you're looking for a fun sauce to top your oysters on the half-shell with, you've got to try this Mediterranean-style mignonette with red wine vinegar, fresh garlic, a dash of olive oil, and sumac.
RECIPE: OYSTER VINAIGRETTE RECIPE
6. Mediterranean Salmon Cakes
These falafel inspired salmon cakes are absolutely scrumptious with a dip in tzatziki sauce. They're full of salmon, Middle Eastern spices, and aromatics in every bite! Made using Alaska Gold Seafood's canned salmon. The link below will take you directly to their recipe.
RECIPE: SALMON CAKE RECIPE
7. Rosemary Parmesan Crusted Fish
This Crusted Fish is bursting with flavor and crunch and comes together so fast and easy, where the oven does most of the heavy lifting. That's my kind of recipe! Though it's not always traditional to include cheese in seafood, in Mediterranean-cuisine, most countries don't have any problems with elevating a dish using cheese!
RECIPE: ROSEMARY PARMESAN FISH RECIPE
8. Crab Omelet with Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)
Crab Omelet recipe is packed with fresh crab meat, cheese, green onion, and basil. Topped with my absolute favorite condiment; Toum, which is a creamy Lebanese garlic sauce.
RECIPE: CRAB OMELET RECIPE
9. Italian-inspired Mussel Soup
This creamy Mussel Soup is made Italian-style with gnocchi, roasted red pepper sauce and torn fresh basil.
It's a simple Seafood Gnocchi dish is a cozy, inviting meal that draws you in with more with fresh mussels cooked in a creamy red pepper sauce, and finished off with freshly grated cheese and fresh basil. Get your soup bowls ready!
RECIPE: MUSSEL SOUP RECIPE
10. A Light Salmon Pasta without Cream
This healthy dill and garlic sauce topped with flaked, perfectly cooked salmon is out of this world good...especially on a warm sunny day. The fresh take on seafood pasta is the new cool!
RECIPE: Dill and Garlic Salmon Pasta Without Cream
11. Salmon Crudo with Chimi and Pine Nuts
I have tested and perfected this delicious vibrant salmon crudo! It's a beautiful sashimi, but Mediterranean. This is the perfect marriage of my husband's Japanese upbringing, my Lebanese upbringing, and our coastal life together.
RECIPE: Salmon Crudo
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12. Fish en Papillote
This dish is the ultimate dish of surprises. If you're looking for a beautiful presentation in little effort but with maximum Mediterranean flavors that we all know and love, then this fish wrapped in a parchment paper pouch is just that and more!
RECIPE: Poisson en Papillote
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