Fish

The award for best supporting actor goes to this bright, tart root vegetable salad. Slice the daikon and carrots as thinly as possible so there’s tons of surface area to absorb the coconut garlic glaze. 

Tinned sardines add briney flavor (and protein!)—leave them whole or break them up and fold them into the soup.

The fastest route to making salty, fatty, cured salmon at home. 

This classic tuna salad has all the essentials for turning canned tuna into something truly compelling. 

Wrapping a whole snapper in banana leaves keeps the fish super moist—and turns the dish into a total showstopper.

Proof that salmon is one of the very best fish in the sea.

This sour-salty soup was made for using up sweet, late-season tomatoes.

This fragrant Cambodian salad is a multisensory experience—a combination of crispy shallots, juicy citrus, fresh herbs, and tender, grilled fish.

In Korean, ssam literally means “wrapped”—set the fish in the center of the table and pull the meat off the bones, using chopsticks to fill lettuce wraps along with radish salad, ssamjang, kimchi, and rice. Roasting a whole fish—skin, bones, and all—is surprisingly easy, and the flesh stays moist and flavorful even if you overcook it a touch. 

Get those omega-3s. 

One can only handle so much tuna salad.

Shake up your seafood routine.

When you find yourself with more garlic than you know what to do with, whip up this extra-garlicky Caesar dressing, slather it on a chicken, and roast it to perfection.

Chef Lucas Sin of Junzi taught us this technique for fried rice in which every single grain is coated in egg yolk and fries up perfectly distinct and chewy.

Cod and other whitefish shine brightest when nestled into a rich bed of aromatics and steamed to tender flakiness.

Whole30 recipes that you would never know are Whole30.

Saffron’s deep crimson threads add an intense sunset-orange hue and rich aroma to whatever it touches, but the downside is that it’s very expensive. This dish from recipe developer Yasmin Fahr uses a saffron technique taught to her mother by her mother and then passed on to her. By gently grinding the saffron threads, then mixing them with water, you can create a saffron liquid that makes a little bit of the expensive spice go a longer way (and it helps the threads dissolve better). If you don’t like fish skin, it’s easier to remove after you cook it.

This recipe is Tyna Hoang's homage to Hanoi’s classic Chả Cá Lã Vọng, a dish of fried fish seasoned with turmeric, shrimp paste, and dill that’s served over vermicelli with lots of herbs and nước chấm, a fish sauce dressing. Her simplified version is married with the summer roll for a quick and refreshing nod to an otherwise perfect traditional recipe. In Vietnam, summer roll dishes are usually served deconstructed with platters of crisp greens, herbs, and accoutrements so guests can assemble their own rolls (post COVID-19, of course).

Don’t let fish intimidate you on the grill. Cutting it into wide planks makes it easy to flip.

Adding ginger and soy sauce to caramelized onions gives a bit of zingy punch and intrigue, creating a multidimensional meal that comes together in just one skillet. 

100% pantry-friendly and 100% delicious

A bowl of this is better than a virtual hot yoga class.

One bite of these deliciously crispy fish and potato cakes and you’ll never look at crab cakes quite the same way again.

Sardines are in their full glory in this umami-packed twist on Caesar.