Buying frozen seafood is easy. Cooking frozen seafood is also easy, yet it seems a lot more daunting than it is. Not sure what to do with those frozen scallops in the back of the freezer? Inspired to use up that frozen shrimp but don’t know how?
Take a look at these eight easy recipes for frozen seafood.
1. Garlic Butter Shrimp
Garlic shrimp is a Hawaiian classic, and delicious served with rice or even its own broth. Frozen shrimp works well for this recipe, and who better to learn from than Earth’s sweetest cutie-pie, “Top Chef”-testant Sheldon Simeon?
Recipe: Sheldon Simeon
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2. Seared Scallops
It’s not hard to nail a perfect scallop, but it’s incredibly precise. When done right, you can use them in pasta, stews, and definitely as the star of the show next to some veggies. Make sure these are defrosted fully before getting them in the pan.
Recipe: Family Savvy
3. Cioppino
The classic Bay Area dish works extremely well with frozen seafood, because all you really have to do is build a great broth. Spend your time on better ingredients for the broth, and let the frozen seafood be the easy part.
Recipe: Damn Delicious
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4. Fish Curry
Frozen fish filets won’t stop this from tasting just as good, and this recipe pulls together a lot of ingredients that shouldn’t be too impossible to find.
Recipe: The Cook’s Pyjamas
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5. Ceviche
As long as your fish is defrosted properly, you can effortlessly make ceviche from frozen fish. Whether it’s mahi-mahi, shrimp, or scallops, you’ve got options. Check out this recipe from LA chef Wes Avila, a master of Mexican seafood.
Recipe: Wes Avila
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6. Instant Pot Honey Mustard Salmon
If you’ve got an Instant Pot, a hour’s all you need for this bad boy. This recipe is tailored to frozen salmon, and you can easily toss some veggies in the oven while this is going, too.
Recipe: Allrecipes
7. Scallop Crudo
Intimidated? Don’t be. Get a good knife and slice those suckers thin. Dress ‘em up bright and full of citrus, and you’re in business.
Recipe: Cuisine With Me
8. Fish Taco Bowl
No established chef this time, my friends. This one is all me. I make this all the time, and it’s super easy. If you’re a Trader Joe’s shopper, all you need is a few ingredients: Shredded green cabbage, cilantro dressing, sour cream (or Greek yogurt), pico de gallo, and any of the many options in Trader Joe’s frozen fish section. You’ll want something battered, like the nuggs.
Toss some cabbage with the cilantro dressing. Air fry up some nuggets to the package’s directions and lay them on the cabbage. Then slice up some avocado, hit it with a little bit of pico and sour cream, and voila. A squeeze of lime goes a long way, too.
