Seafood

This marinade recipe works with any other quick-cooking shellfish or seafood—try scallops or squid.

Aguachile, literally meaning chile water, is traditionally made with chiles, cilantro, onion, lime, and, yeah, water.

This simple tuna tartare is your entry point for eating raw fish.

A simple recipe that will make you wonder why you never made raw fish at home before.

You can use whatever semifirm white fish you like. Not a fan of snapper? Try sea bass or striped bass.

You can make this salad ahead of time—but wait until an hour before to add the lemon juice, which will prevent the shrimp from getting tough.

The almond purée that is added to the smoked trout will fool you into thinking there’s a boatload of dairy in this dip. It gives the dip an outrageously creamy consistency.

Whipping up a homemade Caesar salad dressing is easier than you might think and definitely worth your while.

This colorful cold noodle salad is infinitely riffable.

A kicky chile-lime dressing wakes up your weeknight salmon.

Lapsang, a black tea from China, may taste too strong and smoky when you sip it on its own, but it will mellow out as it marinates with the fish.

If you have a wok, gold star goes to you! Use it!

The shrimp is even better when it’s grilled.

Fregola, a small, toasted Sardinian pasta, is classic with clams, and cockles make a great sub for Italy’s tiny vongole veraci.

Lightly browning the beans and aromatics for a few minutes before you add the tomatoes gives a lot of depth of flavor to the sauce.

Crisp-skinned fish isn’t about high heat.

Double the batch of spicy radish pickles from this raw shrimp recipe and use to top sticky ribs, grilled chicken, and fried rice.

This recipe is also good with clams, shrimp, or any other quick-cooking seafood you’re in the mood for.

The key to buying fish for this recipe is asking your fishmonger what she would eat raw. Red snapper or black bass are good subs for lean, mild fluke.

The green pear adds crunch and sweet-tart notes to this raw yellowtail preparation. A Granny Smith apple, Asian pear, or pineapple would do the same.