Crab meat mixed with creole mustard and creamy mayo makes some absolutely scrumptious cakes. Great appetizer to turn a steak dinner into a surf and turf meal.
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Seafood Appetizers
Appetizer recipes with clams, shrimp, calamari, oysters, etc. These make great party hors d'oeuvres or a tasty starter to your dinner meal.
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Copycat Ruth's Chris Crab Cakes
Copycat Bonefish Grill Saucy Shrimp Appetizer
Shrimp is sauteed in butter with kalamata olives and sun-dried tomatoes, tossed with a tomato-garlic sauce, and topped with feta cheese.
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easy Mini Crab Cakes
These quick and easy crab cake balls make a great appetizer for your next party. Serve with tartar sauce, mayo, or remoulade for dipping.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Fried Shrimp with Dipping Sauce
Fried shrimp are the perfect appetizer or party snack: delicious, dippable, and easy to pop! Serve them with the creamy, tangy mayo dipping sauce.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Easy Oysters Rockefeller
Oysters Rockefeller was created at Antoine's restaurant in New Orleans in 1899. This version uses the same original ingredients but with a simplified process.
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
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Deviled Crab Meat Croquettes, Ybor style
Made with salt, bay leaf, sugar, parsley, tomato sauce, nutmeg, crab meat, dry sherry, eggs
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Ahi Tuna Tartare on Sesame Wonton Crisps
Crackers made from wonton wrappers are topped with a mixture of sushi-grade tuna, green onions, sesame seeds, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, orange...
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Blue Cheese Oysters
Serve these rich oysters with cold beer or a crisp white wine. Don't have oysters on the half shell? No problem, you can place shucked oysters in small, buttered ramekins instead.
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Ahi Tuna Tower
Tuna towers are a popular appetizer item on fancy seafood restaurant menus these days. They are actually really easy to make at home. Serve it with deep fried wonton wrappers as dippers.
Time: under 30 minutes
Copycat Bonefish Grill Crab Cakes With Wasabi Herb Sauce
Made with olive oil, celery, green onions, fresh parsley, Dijon mustard, wasabi powder, mayonnaise, lemon juice
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Copycat Red Lobster's Parrot Bay Coconut Shrimp and Sauce
Love the coconut shrimp that you get at Red Lobster? Now you can make it at home with this knock-off recipe, including their famous pina colada...
Method: deep fryer, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Robert Duvall's Mother's Crab Cakes
Made with Ritz crackers, dry mustard, crab meat, mayonnaise, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, salt, onion
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Bacon Wrapped Smoked Oysters
Surf and turf have never been so close. Crispy bacon strips wrapped around smoked oysters make a crazy good party appetizer. Serve with a Dijon aioli if you're feeling...
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Calamari Cakes
Pan-fried calamari cakes are a delicious and easy way to enjoy calamari. They can be served as an appetizer or main course, and are perfect for any seafood lover.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Cajun Shrimp Balls
These Cajun bites are terrific as a fun, fried alternative to cocktail shrimp. They're nice and flavorful and great for dipping in horseradish-spiked cocktail sauce or spicy mayo.
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Smoked Salmon Lollipops
Cubes of English cucumber are wrapped in smoked salmon and cream cheese and rolled in freshly chopped dill to make this impressive yet simple appetizer recipe.
Time: 2-5 hours
Baked Clams
This flavorful baked clams appetizer is always a party pleaser.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Scallop Rumaki
Traditional rumaki is made with chicken liver. This version uses sea scallops and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon and served with a tangy dill-mustard dipping sauce.
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Copycat Chart House's Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Two types of crab meat packed with creamy mayo and crispy panko breadcrumbs is the way to go for perfect crab cakes.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Low Fat Crab Cakes
If you're worried that crab cakes that aren't cooked in a mountain of butter don't hold up, have no fear. Fat-free mayo and yogurt save the day, and all the classic herbs and spices...
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Crab Crostini
This easy but delicious appetizer is made with cooked crab, mayo, herbs, bell pepper, and Dijon mustard for a nice "bite". It's piled on slices of Italian bread and broiled...
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Copycat Bubba Gump's Coconut Fried Shrimp
As Bubba once said,"shrimp is the fruit of the sea." Do him proud with this copycat coconut shrimp from Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. The secret to the...
Method: stovetop, deep fryer
Time: under 30 minutes
Tuna Tulips
Made with celery, peanuts, lemon juice, onion, mayonnaise, butter, black pepper, Bisquick, milk
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Smoked Salmon Tortilla Pinwheels
Perfect as a snack, lunch, or party appetizer. Smoked salmon is mixed with soft herb cheese and spread on flour tortillas.
Time: 1-2 hours
Blackened Oysters
Fresh oysters are covered in a spicy coating and deep fried until golden brown.
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
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