Thanksgiving Seafood Dishes You Need on the Table
As the holidays are approaching, why not plan for tasty new traditions? Add Thanksgiving seafood dishes to your table! You can lighten the caloric heaviness of the annual feast with fish or delicious shellfish recipes. The health benefits of seafood are undeniable. Seafood at its freshest will enhance any menu item. So, make City Fish Market your first grocery stop every Thanksgiving. Seafood recipes fit for the season follow.
Start With Giving Thanks for Seafood Soups
Soup is always a great start to a delicious feast. Include seasonal ingredients in your Thanksgiving seafood soup to impress your family and other guests. What could add more sophistication to the holiday table than Butternut Squash and Crab Bisque? Well, maybe Castano’s Butternut Squash & Lobster Bisque! What says fall comfort food like Seafood Chowder? Any of these dishes will make seafood a traditional staple in your home.
Integrate Seafood into the Stuffing
A Thanksgiving seafood dish that can be a welcome surprise is Mom’s Oyster Dressing/Stuffing. With this Savannah Seafood Stuffing recipe, families don’t actually stuff the turkey but, rather, cook the seafood dressing in a baking pan. The purpose is to keep any fishy taste from affecting the taste of the turkey. This is actually optional in the above oyster dressing recipe, as well. This Seafood Dressing is for intermediate-level cooks and looks worth every bit of effort required to create the dish.
A Turkey Substitute to Please the Palate
For your family, a more subtle introduction to Thanksgiving seafood dishes may make more sense, but one possibility is to substitute the turkey with whole grilled fish. The presentation can be just as impressive. Choose high quality whitefish like halibut, snapper, or seabass, all of which are ideal to serve as a whole fish on Thanksgiving Day.
Roast a whole fish on the grill, and don’t leave out the “stuffing.” Aromatics are perfect for keeping whole fish moist while grilling. Stuff your Thanksgiving fish with lemon and lime slices, dill, Thai chiles, and basil. Here are BBQ tips for grilled flavorful whole fish and two recipes:
Main Dish Thanksgiving Seafood Recipes
If you don’t want to do away with the turkey, simply serve a substantial seafood dish as another option. Doesn’t a delectable flaky fillet prepared with a toasty, crispy pecan crust sound like it belongs with the occasion? A Pecan-Crusted Grouper is just one of many Thanksgiving seafood dishes that you need on your dining table! Salmon En Croûte aka Puff Pastry Wrapped Salmon is another impressive way to introduce seafood to the holiday season.
Shop at City Fish Market for the Best Thanksgiving Seafood Dishes
The retail counters at City Fish Market provide all of the freshest seafood selections to ramp up the holiday season. No matter which Thanksgiving seafood recipes you decide to try, it begins with choosing seafood freshness you can trust. We’ve got fresh grouper, oysters and other freshly shucked shellfish, live Maine lobster, crab meat, salmon, tilapia, trout, and much more!
You will find City Fish Market conveniently located at 884 Silas Deane Hwy in Wethersfield CT. At our on-site restaurant, be sure to try our lobster rolls, which are customer favorites. Visit us today or, for delivery, call us or fill out our online form.