2022

Best Seafood Recipes for New Years Eve

By GirlCarnivore

2022

If you're looking for a show-stopping main dish to serve on New Year's Eve, a decadent seafood dish is a perfect choice. These seafood recipes are perfect for a crowd, with bold flavors and impressive presentation that are sure to impress your guests. From Easy Garlic Butter Shrimp to more creative takes like a homemade salmon dumplings or a flavorful smoked cream cheese and salmon dip, there's something for everyone. Start planning your New Year's Eve menu now with these beautiful seafood recipes!

Butter Poached Lobster Tails

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This Butter Poached Lobster Tails recipe is all things buttery and tasteful, with a hint of garlic and fresh tarragon. Paired with freshly squeezed lemon juice, and you have the perfect dish for a date night meal or special occasion.

Easy Garlic Butter Shrimp

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This garlic butter shrimp recipe is delicious, quick, and easy! Just a few ingredients are all you need for this incredibly simple but crazy delicious recipe. Serve these buttery garlicky shrimp as a standalone dish with crusty bread (to sop up all the goodness), as a topping for steak, or folded into pasta for scampi.

Homemade Salmon Dumplings

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Making potstickers has been a favorite recipe of mine for years. Inspired by a beautiful sockeye filet, I used it as the base with ginger, scallions, and other traditional flavors for light perfectly steamed and toasted potstickers.

Bloody Mary Shrimp Cocktail

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This easy appetizer recipe is the perfect blend of shrimp cocktail meets everyone’s favorite brunch cocktail. Bloody Mary Shrimp Cocktail is easily made ahead of time and has tons of wanna impress flavors. Get fancy and serve in lettuce cups, as a stand-alone platter, or in individual cocktail cups.

Smoked Cream Cheese with Smoked Salmon

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This delicious smoked cream cheese with smoked salmon will take your breakfast to the next level. This spread combines the salty and smoky flavors of smoked salmon into irresistible creamy goodness. Treat your guests to a delicious smoky spread during New Years! It’s the perfect thing to spread on bagels or crackers!

New Orleans BBQ Shrimp

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This is one of those get messy, dip the bread, and enjoy every spicy bite of perfectly cooked gulf shrimp in an easy but ridiculously good New Orleans BBQ Shrimp recipe that everyone can master – better yet – over the coals in cast iron.

Smoked Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

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These smoked bacon-wrapped scallops are the perfect appetizer for a special occasion or dinner party. They have just the right balance of smoky flavor, crisp bacon, and tender diver scallop meat! All you need are several simple ingredients!

Steamed Stone Crab Claws With Garlic Butter

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These stone crab claws are cooked with garlic and lemon and served with a delicious stone crab sauce. The tender meat has a hint of sweetness but is savory to taste!

BBQ Shrimp Skewers

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Barbecue shrimp is one of those simple and yet perfectly party recipes. Perfect as a side dish to a masterfully grilled steak or tacos, or as a stand-alone alongside a grilled salad, this bbq shrimp skewers recipe is an essential party dish. And one we can’t get enough of.

Smoked Crab Imperial

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This Smoked Crab Imperial is my favorite recipe for a delicious side dish or entree! Delicate pieces of jumbo lump crab are folded into a rich, creamy imperial sauce, then smoked for a bonus layer of umami flavor.

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