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19 Seafood Recipes with Garlic Butter

March 19, 2021
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Salmon & Asparagus with Lemon-Garlic Butter Sauce

Enjoy an impressive and delicious seafood dinner with these healthy recipes with the irresistible combination of garlic and butter. Whether it's shrimp, lobster or fish, these recipes use garlic and butter to create a flavorful sauce. Recipes like Grilled Oysters with Garlic-Herb Butter and Salmon & Asparagus with Lemon-Garlic Butter Sauce are tasty and can be paired with pasta or bread to sop up all the deliciousness.

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Garlic Butter-Roasted Salmon with Potatoes & Asparagus

<p>This spring-produce-packed one-pan meal makes a healthy and satisfying weeknight dinner. Melted garlic butter coats the salmon and vegetables, adding depth of flavor and richness to the dish.</p>
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This spring-produce-packed one-pan meal makes a healthy and satisfying weeknight dinner. Melted garlic butter coats the salmon and vegetables, adding depth of flavor and richness to the dish.

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Garlic-Sautéed Shrimp

<p>Peeled shrimp may be convenient, but here the shells--and heads if you are lucky enough to find them still on--are transformed into a quick stock that adds a boost of flavor. Serve the garlic-saut&eacute;ed shrimp as an appetizer or use them as a topping for pasta or risotto.</p>
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Peeled shrimp may be convenient, but here the shells--and heads if you are lucky enough to find them still on--are transformed into a quick stock that adds a boost of flavor. Serve the garlic-sautéed shrimp as an appetizer or use them as a topping for pasta or risotto.

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Lemon Garlic Scallops

<p>Lemon brightens up sweet scallops in this simple, light dinner. Serve the scallops alongside saut&eacute;ed spinach with a piece of toasted whole-grain bread to sop up the buttery sauce.</p>
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Lemon brightens up sweet scallops in this simple, light dinner. Serve the scallops alongside sautéed spinach with a piece of toasted whole-grain bread to sop up the buttery sauce.

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Roasted Swordfish & Broccoli Rabe with Piccata Butter

<p>A compound butter made with capers, lemon, garlic and parsley punches up this quick and healthy fish dinner recipe.</p>
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A compound butter made with capers, lemon, garlic and parsley punches up this quick and healthy fish dinner recipe.

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Grilled Oysters with Garlic-Herb Butter

<p>If you've never cooked oysters on the grill, you're in for a treat. Grilling oysters whole saves you the trouble of shucking them--they magically pop open when cooked. A simple garlic herb butter adds richness and a bright pop of flavor to this impressive appetizer. To pretty it up use Irish butter, which is extra-golden because Irish cows typically enjoy an all-grass diet.</p>
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If you've never cooked oysters on the grill, you're in for a treat. Grilling oysters whole saves you the trouble of shucking them--they magically pop open when cooked. A simple garlic herb butter adds richness and a bright pop of flavor to this impressive appetizer. To pretty it up use Irish butter, which is extra-golden because Irish cows typically enjoy an all-grass diet.

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One-Pan Garlicky Shrimp & Rice

One-Pan Garlicky Shrimp & Rice
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This one-pan garlicky shrimp and rice dish makes a great easy dinner with easy cleanup. The garlic mellows as it cooks and infuses its flavor into the sweet shrimp and rice in the pan. A squeeze of lemon at the end brightens up the dish.

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Salmon & Asparagus with Lemon-Garlic Butter Sauce

<p>Looking for a recipe to help you eat more heart-healthy fish and veggies? Add this salmon and asparagus dinner to your rotation. Not only is it healthy and delicious, this sheet-pan dinner is also easy to make and a breeze to clean up.</p>
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Looking for a recipe to help you eat more heart-healthy fish and veggies? Add this salmon and asparagus dinner to your rotation. Not only is it healthy and delicious, this sheet-pan dinner is also easy to make and a breeze to clean up.

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Crispy Panko-Parmesan Baked Shrimp

<p>This easy baked shrimp dish is crispy, lemony, garlicky, buttery and simply delicious! Toasting the panko before topping the shrimp makes for a super-crispy topping. Serve these flavorful shrimp with over angel-hair pasta and add a green salad or a side of vegetables for a quick dinner that's simple enough for weeknights but fancy enough to serve to company.</p>
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This easy baked shrimp dish is crispy, lemony, garlicky, buttery and simply delicious! Toasting the panko before topping the shrimp makes for a super-crispy topping. Serve these flavorful shrimp with over angel-hair pasta and add a green salad or a side of vegetables for a quick dinner that's simple enough for weeknights but fancy enough to serve to company.

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Grilled Lobsters with Herb-Garlic-Lemon Butter

<p>If you've never grilled lobster, you're in for a treat. The smokiness of a charcoal, wood or even a gas grill adds great flavor. If you are squeamish about the idea of cutting a live lobster, ask your fishmonger to do it for you, but be sure to cook the lobsters within about an hour after they have been cut.</p>
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If you've never grilled lobster, you're in for a treat. The smokiness of a charcoal, wood or even a gas grill adds great flavor. If you are squeamish about the idea of cutting a live lobster, ask your fishmonger to do it for you, but be sure to cook the lobsters within about an hour after they have been cut.

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Quick Shrimp Scampi

<p>Many scampi recipes involve cooking the shrimp with the other ingredients. You can do that here, too, but the benefit of cooking the shrimp separately is twofold: it's easier not to overcook them, and you can whisk in the butter to create a smooth, emulsified sauce. Serve as an appetizer or as a main course with rice, orzo or your favorite grain, spooning the garlicky sauce over everything. It's also great with crusty bread. Excerpted from The Dinner Plan by Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion, published by ABRAMS &copy; 2017.</p>
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Many scampi recipes involve cooking the shrimp with the other ingredients. You can do that here, too, but the benefit of cooking the shrimp separately is twofold: it's easier not to overcook them, and you can whisk in the butter to create a smooth, emulsified sauce. Serve as an appetizer or as a main course with rice, orzo or your favorite grain, spooning the garlicky sauce over everything. It's also great with crusty bread. Excerpted from The Dinner Plan by Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion, published by ABRAMS © 2017.

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Catfish Amandine

<p>Here, we use healthier extra-virgin olive oil with a bit of butter added for its flavor instead of the tablespoons of butter usually used to make classic "amandine" sauce for pan-fried catfish fillets. The results are delicately flavored and have only a third of the calories, fat and sodium of a classic version.</p>
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Here, we use healthier extra-virgin olive oil with a bit of butter added for its flavor instead of the tablespoons of butter usually used to make classic "amandine" sauce for pan-fried catfish fillets. The results are delicately flavored and have only a third of the calories, fat and sodium of a classic version.

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Salmon & Escarole Packets with Lemon-Tarragon Butter

<p>This company-worthy salmon is steamed on a bed of escarole and basted in a rich and tangy lemon-butter sauce. Fresh tarragon is delicious or try other herbs, such as thyme or rosemary. Rainbow trout or arctic char are good substitutes for the salmon.</p>
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This company-worthy salmon is steamed on a bed of escarole and basted in a rich and tangy lemon-butter sauce. Fresh tarragon is delicious or try other herbs, such as thyme or rosemary. Rainbow trout or arctic char are good substitutes for the salmon.

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Lemon-Garlic Shrimp over Orzo with Zucchini

Lemon-Garlic Shrimp over Orzo with Zucchini
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This light and veggie-packed shrimp and pasta dish makes a special weeknight dinner.

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Broiled Lobster Tails

<p>This easy holiday appetizer calls for lobster tails, the meatiest part of the lobster, which you can buy fresh or frozen. We've also included three easy and delicious compound butters to choose from to pair with the lobster meat: this recipe makes classic lobster thermidor butter, with the rich mix of Parmesan cheese, herbs and brandy; see Tips (below) to swap in an earthy porcini mushroom butter or a bright fennel and lemon butter.</p>
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This easy holiday appetizer calls for lobster tails, the meatiest part of the lobster, which you can buy fresh or frozen. We've also included three easy and delicious compound butters to choose from to pair with the lobster meat: this recipe makes classic lobster thermidor butter, with the rich mix of Parmesan cheese, herbs and brandy; see Tips (below) to swap in an earthy porcini mushroom butter or a bright fennel and lemon butter.

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Shrimp Piccata with Zucchini Noodles

Shrimp Piccata with Zucchini Noodles
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The tangy lemon-caper sauce in this healthy Italian makeover recipe is a natural with shrimp. Serving it over zucchini noodles (aka zoodles) keeps the dish summery and low-cal, but it's also delicious with whole-wheat spaghetti.

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Grilled Mahi-Mahi & Asparagus with Lemon Butter

<p>In this quick grilled fish recipe, we grill firm mahi-mahi and fresh spring asparagus alongside one another, then drizzle them with a bit of tart lemon butter. We like mahi-mahi in this recipe, but any firm fish fillet can be used in its place.</p>
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In this quick grilled fish recipe, we grill firm mahi-mahi and fresh spring asparagus alongside one another, then drizzle them with a bit of tart lemon butter. We like mahi-mahi in this recipe, but any firm fish fillet can be used in its place.

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Grilled Sherry-Garlic Shrimp

<p>Sherry, garlic and a touch of spicy red pepper flavor the marinade for this grilled shrimp recipe.</p>
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Sherry, garlic and a touch of spicy red pepper flavor the marinade for this grilled shrimp recipe.

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Scallop Piccata on Angel Hair

<p>Superfine angel hair and delicate scallops are coated with a light lemon, white wine and caper sauce.</p>
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Superfine angel hair and delicate scallops are coated with a light lemon, white wine and caper sauce.

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Shrimp Scampi

<p>Shrimp scampi is a favorite dish at many Italian restaurants but our version takes just 20 minutes to prepare, so it's perfect for a weeknight dinner at home. Large shrimp are cooked with garlic and then served over linguine pasta with a buttery-wine sauce--it's so good your family may think you ordered takeout!</p>
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Shrimp scampi is a favorite dish at many Italian restaurants but our version takes just 20 minutes to prepare, so it's perfect for a weeknight dinner at home. Large shrimp are cooked with garlic and then served over linguine pasta with a buttery-wine sauce--it's so good your family may think you ordered takeout!

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    1 of 19 Garlic Butter-Roasted Salmon with Potatoes & Asparagus
    2 of 19 Garlic-Sautéed Shrimp
    3 of 19 Lemon Garlic Scallops
    4 of 19 Roasted Swordfish & Broccoli Rabe with Piccata Butter
    5 of 19 Grilled Oysters with Garlic-Herb Butter
    6 of 19 One-Pan Garlicky Shrimp & Rice
    7 of 19 Salmon & Asparagus with Lemon-Garlic Butter Sauce
    8 of 19 Crispy Panko-Parmesan Baked Shrimp
    9 of 19 Grilled Lobsters with Herb-Garlic-Lemon Butter
    10 of 19 Quick Shrimp Scampi
    11 of 19 Catfish Amandine
    12 of 19 Salmon & Escarole Packets with Lemon-Tarragon Butter
    13 of 19 Lemon-Garlic Shrimp over Orzo with Zucchini
    14 of 19 Broiled Lobster Tails
    15 of 19 Shrimp Piccata with Zucchini Noodles
    16 of 19 Grilled Mahi-Mahi & Asparagus with Lemon Butter
    17 of 19 Grilled Sherry-Garlic Shrimp
    18 of 19 Scallop Piccata on Angel Hair
    19 of 19 Shrimp Scampi

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