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Recipes

Over the last twelve years, our Serve & Protect Chefs have developed some savory seafood recipes.  This long-term sustainable seafood initiative is meant to be a fun-filled campaign that helps inland residents make better seafood decisions by providing an easy to understand foundation to build upon. We welcome you to download these recipes and try them at home!

Lemon-Lime Garlic Silver Carp Skewers

Silver Carp Noodle Soup

Spicy Fried Silver Carp Sandwich with Citrus Herb Sauce

Silver Carp Brandade

Jamaican Escovitch Carp

Baked Lionfish with Boiled Peanut Broth & Okra

Coconut Lionfish with Tropical Jicama Salad

Grilled Lionfish Toast with Pink-Eyed Pea Hummus & Rayu

Lionfish Ceviche

Asheville Hot Wreckfish Lettuce Wraps with Nasturtium Aioli & Pickled Ramps

Blackened Wreckfish with Cilantro Lime Butter

Herb & Citrus Baked Wreckfish

Pan-Roasted Wreckfish with Chanterelle Mushroom Butter & Corn Succotas

Beef Cured Cobia with Peas & Crispy Onions

Cast Iron Cobia en Turmeric Brodo with Carolina Gold Rice and Cherry Tomato Confit

Curry Braised Drum with Rice Fritters

Pan Seared Cobia with Summer Squash & Pistachio Pesto

Smoked Mullet Dip

Spiced Filet-o-Red Drum Sandwich

Charred Squid and Sweet Potatoes with Napa Cabbage and Spicy Lime

Mama’s Crawfish Etouffee

Catfish Chowder

Miso-Glazed Catfish with Edamame and Spicy Winter Greens

Seared Diver Scallops with Butternut Squash and Fennel

Alchemy Spice Seared Scallops with Spinach and Orzo

Buttermilk Fried Scallops with Grits and Smoked Tomato Marmalade

Spicy Scallops and Summer Corn Chowder

Seared Sea Scallops with Gremolata and Sugar Snap Peas

Mussels Opa!

Billi Bi Soup

Crayfish Beignets

Grilled Shrimp “Gumbo”

Honey Lime Grilled Shrimp

Flounder Meuniere

Flounder Tacos

Flounder Ravioli

Bayou Smothered Tilefish

Tilefish Ceviche

Steamed Tilefish and Bok Choy

Monkfish and Shrimp Shumai

Cantonese Pan-Seared Rainbow Trout

Fried Catfish Breakfast Biscuit

Smoked Trout Toast with Herbed Crème Fraiche

Naked Monkfish Roll with Brown Butter Lemon-Garlic Sauce

Eating sustainable seafood is not only good for the planet – it’s also good for you! Check out NOAA’s Six Reasons to Add Seafood to Your Menu here.

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