40+ Fresh Fish Recipes For Dinner

A complete collection of recipes using fresh fish, from sautéed with buttery sauces to fried and battered, you'll find your next favorite catch of the day recipe here!

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If you’re a seafood lover, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve put together a collection of over 45 fresh Seafood Recipes that I’ve perfected over the years using a variety of cooking methods, sauces, and fresh ingredients. Make sure you check out my favorite Garlic Butter Salmon Recipe for an impressive dinner option the next time you have guests over. Or my Southern Fried Catfish, which is perfect for your next fish fry or game day! Whether you’re looking for a new way to cook fresh fish, or trying to find the perfect recipe for a simple weeknight dinner, I’ve got you covered!

Fresh Fish Recipes

Catch this collection of fresh fish recipes for lunch or dinner!

Salmon Recipes

Salmon is one of the most popular choices in restaurants for a reason! It has a soft, buttery texture that can elevate any homemade dinner.

Baked salmon filet with peanut sauce plated over a bowl of rice, garnished with lime wedges.
Baked Thai Peanut Salmon Recipe
Baked Thai Peanut Salmon is a delicious dinner that combines fresh flavors and a creamy peanut sauce everyone will love. Try this recipe now!
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Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce salmon filets in baking dish with lemon slices after baking
Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce
Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce is simple, flavorful, tender and flaky with zesty mayo and sour cream dill sauce ready in less than 30 minutes.
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Dinner plate with salmon, rice and broccoli.
Orange Glazed Salmon Recipe
Orange Glazed Salmon is an easy meal with flaky, buttery fish fillets cooked to perfection and topped with sweet and tart citrus glaze.
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Broiled fish filet on dinner plate with asparagus and potatoes.
Broiled Salmon Recipe
This Broiled Salmon recipe is flavorful and prepared quickly in your oven, for a tender and flaky meal ready in minutes. Try today!
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Dinner plate with fish fillet, broccoli, and rice.
Blackened Salmon Recipe
Blackened Salmon is an easy and satisfying dinner with a bold and smoky seasoning, coating flaky and tender fillets. 
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Cooked salmon garnished with lemon
Grilled Salmon Recipe
Grilled Salmon is an easy way to prepare juicy, flaky seafood. It's perfect for outdoor summer grilling or making inside on a grill pan. 
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Salmon filet on dinner plate with asparagus, and fork.
Cedar Plank Salmon Recipe
Cedar Plank Salmon is an easy recipe for perfect salmon with a smoky flavor, flakey and tender texture, and deliciously tangy marinade.
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Brown Sugar Glazed Salmon plated with roasted veggies and lemon. Flaked salmon on fork at top of plate.
Brown Sugar Glazed Salmon Recipe
Brown Sugar Glazed Salmon is a delicious baked fish recipe ready in 30 minutes. The sweet glaze perfectly contrasts the light salmon flavor.
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Garlic Butter Salmon on baking pan 1x1
Garlic Butter Salmon Recipe
Garlic Butter Salmon is an easy, mouth-watering, oven-baked dish made in just 20 minutes and flavored with buttery lemon and garlic sauce.
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Seafood on a plate ready to eat
Oven-Baked Salmon Recipe
Oven-Baked Salmon is a fast, delicious, and healthy dinner. Using the perfect ingredients to make the most flavored salmon in just 25 minutes!
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Salmon Dinners

Salmon is such a versatile fish that you can use it in dishes like you would chicken – use it in creamy pastas, atop a fresh salad, or as filling for tortillas and rolls.

Pasta plated in bowl, garnished with lemon slice 4x3
Creamy Salmon Pasta Recipe
Creamy Salmon Pasta is an easy stovetop dinner made with zesty herb sauce, peas, and the perfect amount of garlic. Flavorful and delicious!
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Assembled tacos with sauces and toppings
Salmon Tacos
Salmon Tacos are packed with flavor with seasoned pan seared salmon wrapped in warm tortillas, and loaded with your favorite toppings.
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Creamy pasta and seafood dish in a bowl with a fork
Salmon Alfredo Recipe
Salmon Alfredo is a flavorful and comforting dish with freshly cooked pasta and flaky, juicy salmon tossed in a creamy, cheesy sauce.
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Salmon Burgers on serving plate 1x1
Salmon Burger
The Best Salmon Burger recipe for summer! Easy salmon patties made with canned salmon, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and fresh dill grilled to a golden brown.
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Finished ingredients mixed in a bowl ready to eat
Dill Salmon Pasta Salad Recipe
Dill Salmon Pasta Salad is the ultimate refreshing salad with salmon, asparagus, fresh dill, tender pasta, and creamy, zesty lemon dressing.
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Bowl of green salad with fish and veggies.
Salmon Salad Recipe
Fresh and full of flavor, Salmon Salad is a light satisfying meal. Crisp veggies and tender salmon come together in a perfect combination.
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White Fish Recipes

If you’re looking for a lighter option, check out my favorite white fish recipes, from grilled mahi mahi (perfect for fish tacos) to pecan crusted fish for an elevated weeknight dinner!

tilapia on top of lettuce on a plate with a fork
Garlic Butter Baked Tilapia Recipe
Garlic Butter Baked Tilapia is easily made in under 30 minutes with refreshing, buttery fish. The perfect healthy meal to end the week.
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Grilled fish filet on dinner plate with vegetables.
Grilled Swordfish Recipe
Grilled Swordfish is the perfect light and fresh meal for Spring and Summer, with a nice tender texture that cooks up quickly.
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Cooked fish dish on a bed of pasta with green beans
Sautéed Lemon Barramundi Recipe
This Sautéed Lemon Barramundi recipe delivers tender, flavorful fish with minimal effort, giving you a restaurant-quality meal right at home.
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Fish filet with broccoli on dinner plate.
Baked Halibut Recipe
Baked Halibut is the perfect easy and healthy dinner. Follow the step-by-step instructions to enjoy flaky and crispy fish in just 25 minutes.
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Grilled mahi mahi on serving plate with lemon wedges.
Grilled Mahi Mahi
Grilled Mahi Mahi is quick and easy with a simple seasoning blend for irresistible flavor, ready for a healthy, delicious dinner in no time.
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Fish, green beans, and rice in dinner bowl.
Garlic Butter Swai Fish Recipe
Garlic Butter Swai Fish is a tender and flaky freshwater fish, finished with a smooth sauce that rounds out every bite.
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Crispy cod with a bite cut out
Baked Cod Recipe
Easy Baked Cod recipe for tender buttery flaky fish with a crispy coating. Light and healthy baked fish recipe ready in about 25 minutes!
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Grilled fish fillets on serving plate with lemon wedges.
Grilled Tilapia
Grilled Tilapia is an easy and healthy dinner ready in under 15 minutes with just a few ingredients. It's the perfect summer cookout dish.
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fish on a white plate with brussels sprouts and sweet potato
Pecan Crusted Barramundi Recipe
Pecan Crusted Barramundi comes together in a few minutes for an easy, flavorful dinner. It's so good that even this kids will like to eat it!
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Grilled halibut on dinner plate with greens.
Grilled Halibut
Grilled Halibut is a healthy and delicious dinner option cooked to tender, juicy perfection and served with parsley and lemon wedges.
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Two whole baked red snappers on serving dish with lemon wedges.
Baked Red Snapper
Baked Red Snapper is a tasty and healthy seafood dish that you can prepare with simple ingredients and have ready in under 30 minutes.
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Close- up of Fish on a plate with salad and a slice of lemon
Easy Baked Fish Recipe
Easy Baked Fish is a super quick recipe with cod filets, and easy seasonings. Ready in under 30 minutes with amazing, refreshing flavor!
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Appetizers and Starters

From homemade sushi to refreshing ceviche to a cozy soup, start your meal off with a light dish made with fresh fish!

Spicy Tuna Rolls with chopsticks, soy sauce, wasabi and spicy mayo.
Spicy Tuna Rolls
Easy Spicy Tuna Rolls recipe for a sushi restaurant favorite that you can make at home with fresh tuna, nori, sriracha, avocado, and rice.
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roll on a plate with chopsticks taking one
Maki Rolls
This Maki Roll makes homemade sushi easy by combining crab, tuna, salmon, and other favorite sushi fillings in a rice and seaweed roll.
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6 pieces of Alaska sushi on plate with chopsticks
Alaska Roll Recipe
Alaska Roll is a delicious sushi option that you can make yourself with sushi rice, krab meat, avocado, nori, and salmon. 
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Prepared ceviche on crispy tostada shell
Ceviche Recipe
Fresh Seafood Ceviche is a classic South American dish made with shrimp, scallops, fish, tomatoes, jalapeno, avocado and a citrus marinade.
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Close up of soup in a bowl with a spoon serving
Fish Soup Recipe
Fish Soup is an easy comforting soup recipe that you can make in just 30 minutes. This soup is a meal the whole family will love! Try today!
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Fried Fish Recipes

If you’re in the mood for pub food, fried fish is an obvious choice, and even better when you can make it in the comfort of your own home!

Close up of fried fish sitting on French fries.
Classic Fish Fry Recipe
Easy Classic Fish Fry recipe to make Southern fried fish. Cod fillets coated in seasoned cornmeal and deep fried to golden crispy perfection.
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cooked breaded fish on a plate with a white sauce, french fries and lemon slice
Air Fryer Crispy Fish Sticks Recipe
Air Fryer Crispy Fish Sticks are the homemade upgrade that makes the frozen kind impossible to go back to. Ready in under 20 minutes!
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Platter of fried fish pieces with tartar sauce and lemon wedges
Southern Fried Catfish
Southern Fried Catfish has a golden brown, crispy, seasoned cornmeal coating and perfectly cooked tender flaky fish. Classic comfort food!
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fish sandwich on plate with chips
Crispy Fish Sandwich Recipe
Skip the drive-thru with this Crispy Fish Sandwich that's crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and perfect for any day of the week.
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Beer Battered Crispy Fish Tacos held by hands
Beer Battered Crispy Fish Tacos
Crispy Fish Tacos with cod fried with a light and crispy beer batter topped with slaw, crema and salsa is the perfect handheld summer meal.
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Plated fried fish and fries with tartar sauce and lemon
Fish and Chips
The best crispy Fish and Chips recipe with flavorful beer-battered fish and homemade thick-cut fries aka chips. You are going to love this!
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Platter of fried fish sticks with bowl of tartar sauce
Fish Sticks
The best crispy fried Fish Sticks ever! Tender flaky white fish soaked in buttermilk, coated in seasoned breadcrumbs and fried until golden.
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fish in batter on a serving plate with a side of tartar
Beer Battered Fish Recipe
Beer Battered Fish is an easy pub-style recipe made with fresh cod filets dipped in seasoned batter and fried until golden brown and crispy.
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Sauces for Fish

A few quick and easy sauces that pair perfectly with most fish dishes plus my go-to marinade for flavorful salmon every time.

Sauce and chopped raw tuna in bowl with spatula
Poke Sauce
Poke Sauce is the perfect way to marinate fresh seafood with tangy, savory, and bright flavors. Prep in minutes with simple ingredients!
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Salmon filet on dinner plate with asparagus.
Salmon Marinade
Salmon Marinade is the perfect way to prepare salmon to grill, sear, or bake. With soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and more for amazing flavor.
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Bold and bright sauce on fried chicken cutlet.
Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe
Lemon Butter Sauce is rich, creamy, fresh, and zesty. It's a versatile addition that you can add to a variety of your favorite meals.
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Sauce in a bowl on a table
Classic Tartar Sauce Recipe
Classic Tartar Sauce in with mayonnaise, pickles, pickle juice and onions is so easy and delicious, you'll never buy bottled sauce again!
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Nothing beats fresh seafood, and I hope you’ve found some inspiration from this collection for your next dinner! Be sure to check out my Cool Summer Salads round up for a light side that lets the fish be the star. And let me know in the comments which recipe was your favorite, or if you have another way of preparing fish that you’d like to share. If you’re looking for more great seafood recipe ideas, check out my 30+ Tasty Shrimp Dinner Ideas.

3-image collage: fish soup, garlic butter swai fish, and easy baked fish

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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