Seafood

Olive oil–packed tuna can get pricey; we also recommend using deboned canned sardines for this pasta recipe.

For this roasted salmon recipe, finely chopping the walnuts, preserved lemon, and golden raisins gets them into every mouthful.

Greens keep things fresh and crunchy, and the ponzu sauce coats all of the leaves with citrusy flavor in this salmon recipe. If you can’t find Little Gems, use romaine hearts or any other sturdy lettuce you like.

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.

Clams vary in brininess and the amount of liquid they’ll release during cooking, so you’ll need to adjust the salt and add pasta water accordingly. To prevent the sauce from getting too salty, we recommend a measured amount of salt for the pasta water. If possible, look for an artisanal dried pasta for this recipe—the rougher surface texture will catch the slippery sauce better.

Make this recipe your thing. Serve this vibrantly hued cured salmon with an assortment of easily assembled herbs, pickles, seedy breads, and schmears.

To keep lobsters alive in your fridge for up to one day, pack in damp newspaper. You can substitute eight frozen tails; sear per recipe method, then use the meat from four in place of the knuckles and claws, and split the others for serving.

Quaker brand grits work really well in this recipe, and they are distributed very widely. If you can’t find them, use any other white, medium-grind, long-cooking grits.

For a hearty vegetarian version of this pasta recipe, use squash, mushrooms, or eggplants in place of shrimp.

The halibut is flaky and delicious, but we're here for the spicy butter

Turn this halibut recipe into a dinner bowl by serving the fish and veggies over any warm grains, like rice or barley. Check out step-by-step photos here.

This recipe is a showstopping and grown-up version of everyone’s favorite party snack—the 7-layer dip.

Forget oil. Poaching your fish in milk will up your flavor, texture, and creaminess.

A flavorful tomato sauce that’s a cinch to make and rock shrimp that come already peeled mean a weeknight dinner recipe has never been so easy—or delicious.

Other tender herbs such as cilantro, dill, and/or tarragon can be used instead for this salsa verde recipe. Though the breadcrumbs don’t stay crisp, they give body and subtle crunch to the sauce.

Memorize how to make the addictively crunchy breadcrumbs in this dish; use them to top all your pasta recipes forevermore.

Gently poaching fillets of delicate white fish in milk is the secret to an elegant yet effortless dinner.

Quick-cooking shrimp get a flavor boost from cilantro, beer, and lots of fresh lime.

Put this 3-ingredient sauce on fish, or literally any protein, because it's ridiculously delicious.

Chive oil would also be good on other protein, like grilled steak or whole fish, such as red snapper. Throw in a sliced jalapeño or serrano for a little heat. This recipe is from N7, one of the Hot 10, America's Best New Restaurants 2016.

Frying ukoy the Bad Saint way is a very active process­—the fritter will blow apart in the oil before you tease it back together. Use a tall pot with plenty of extra room since the oil will bubble vigorously when the mix hits it.

Even so-so tomatoes will become sweet and deliciously concentrated after this treatment.