Food Fish Seafood Dinner Recipes You'll Want to Try By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 23, 2021 Trending Videos . Photo: Carson Downing These fresh seafood recipes come from Midwest chefs and our own Test Kitchen. Check out recipe ideas for fish, shrimp and even lobster. 01 of 19 Seared Lake Trout with Summer Relish Carson Downing Chef Adam Raupp of the Mission Table restaurant in Traverse City, Michigan, serves caught-that-morning lake trout with tangy corn relish and garlicky spinach vinaigrette. You can substitute rainbow trout, ocean trout, Arctic char, bluefish or striped bass in this recipe. View Recipe 02 of 19 Vietnamese Shrimp and Noodle Bowls Jay Wilde These bowls check all the boxes with layers of flavors, textures and temperatures. Grab your chopsticks and dig in! View Recipe 03 of 19 Beer-Battered Fish Tacos Brie Passano Jose Alarcon, owner of Centro restaurant and the bakery-cafe and market Vivir in Minneapolis, shares his recipe for perfectly crispy fish tacos. View Recipe 04 of 19 Walleye Wild Rice Cakes with Wasabi Dressing Cindi Rockwell of Berkley, Michigan, says this recipe, which has two signature Minnesota ingredients, was inspired by the resort her grandparents owned there. View Recipe 05 of 19 Lake Chowder Angry Trout Cafe in Grand Marais, Minnesota, makes this buttery, dill-flecked chowder with lake trout, a mild-flavored and relatively oily fish. The recipe tastes just as good with salmon or whitefish. View Recipe 06 of 19 Crispy Beer Batter Fried Walleye with Mango Sweet-and-Sour Sauce Fresh-fruit sauce brings a lively taste of the islands to down-home beer-battered fish. View Recipe 07 of 19 Dilled Shrimp and Orzo Bowl Dill, shrimp and a hint of vinegar shine in this light, veggie-filled dish. View Recipe 08 of 19 Salmon Smorrebrod At Northern Waters Restaurant in Duluth, these open-face sandwiches are assembled in the kitchen, but you can array the components as a make-your-own appetizer or light brunch dish. Improvise with thinly sliced radish or by offering RyKrisp crackers in addition to bread. View Recipe 09 of 19 Pepper-Lime Shrimp and Grits Mexican flavors give a fresh twist to this classic Southern dish. Best of all, each serving has only 382 calories! View Recipe 10 of 19 Lobster Boil Jeremy Charles Chef Kevin Nashan of Peacemaker Lobster and Crab in St. Louis scaled this recipe for one (very hungry) person. Multiply quantities by the number of people eating, but you might want to dial down on some of the trimmin's or allow a half lobster per person to keep costs in check. (Not into lobster? We've also included tips for turning this into a shrimp boil!) View Recipe 11 of 19 Old Bay Burger This tasty burger from Northern Waters Restaurant in Duluth, Minnesota, is essentially a tender fish cake on a bun. The key is grinding or chopping the fish enough to hold together--but not so finely that it becomes mealy. View Recipe 12 of 19 Planked Salmon with Grilled Tomato Salsa Grilling brings out the sweetness in cherry tomatoes, which pair beautifully with the smoky flavor of planked salmon. Brown rice or quinoa round out a healthy dinner. View Recipe 13 of 19 Curried Coconut Shrimp and Noodles This pasta-based seafood dish features a flavor-packed broth of ginger, curry and coconut milk. The tender noodles soak it up. View Recipe 14 of 19 Dilly Smoked Salmon Pizza This simple smoked salmon pizza was inspired by one served at The Stone Barn in Nelson, Wisconsin. We love the ease of using purchased crust, but you can sub your favorite homemade dough. View Recipe 15 of 19 Cider-Brined Coho Salmon with Dijon Cream Freshwater salmon soaks up the flavor of cider-tarragon marinade created by Sally Sibthorpe of Shelby Township, Michigan. She finishes the elegant main dish with a cream sauce scented with aniselike tarragon View Recipe 16 of 19 Hummus-Encrusted Tilapia Hummus and a panko-walnut mixture tops tender, moist tilapia filets. View Recipe 17 of 19 Grilled Fish with Moroccan Vinaigrette This flaky white fish looks like a gourmet dish when served over a bed of couscous and dressed with mesclun (a mix of salad greens) and colorful radish slivers. View Recipe 18 of 19 Honey-Bourbon Salmon Although this recipe takes very little hands-on cooking time, be sure to allow an hour to marinate the salmon so it absorbs all the flavors of the sweet-and-salty marinade. View Recipe 19 of 19 Caribbean Shrimp Kabobs These weeknight-easy skewers marry gently spiced shrimp with juicy pineapple. Serve with rice and a fresh lettuce salad. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit