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Home » Fish & Seafood

Japanese Fish & Seafood Recipes

Explore simple and flavorful Japanese fish and seafood recipes. These dishes are easy to make and perfect for any meal. Try grilled favorites like salmon teriyaki or saba shioyaki (salt-grilled mackerel).

Enjoy crispy ebi fry (fried shrimp), fresh sashimi, or homemade sushi. These recipes highlight the variety of seafood in everyday Japanese home cooking.

Popular Salmon Recipes

A plate containing Salmon in Foil with ponzu sauce on the side.

Salmon in Foil (Video) 鮭のホイル焼き

4.83 from 139 votes
A white plate containing Miso Butter Salmon served with sautéed shiitake and shimeji mushrooms.

Miso Butter Salmon 味噌バターサーモン

4.82 from 198 votes
A white plate containing Broiled Miso Salmon served over ginger rice.

Miso Salmon (Video) 味噌サーモン

4.76 from 614 votes
A Japanese meal consisting of small dishes or bowls, each plating Teriyaki Salmon, steamed rice, miso soup, pickles, tamagoyaki, and green bean gomaae.

Teriyaki Salmon (Video) 鮭の照り焼き

4.82 from 376 votes

Latest in Fish & Seafood

A lacquer bowl containing Ebi Shinjo, a light and fluffy shrimp dumpling, in a flavorful clear soup.

Ebi Shinjo (Shrimp Dumplings in Clear Soup) 海老しんじょ

5 from 2 votes
A round ceramic plate containing six pieces of California rolls over a bamboo leaf along with sushi ginger.

California Roll カリフォルニアロール

4.69 from 58 votes
A bowl containing ahi tuna and salmon poke along with edamame, avocado, sushi ginger, and radish over bed of steamed rice.

Poke Bowl Recipe

4.78 from 61 votes
A Japanese meal consisting of small dishes or bowls, each plating Teriyaki Salmon, steamed rice, miso soup, pickles, tamagoyaki, and green bean gomaae.

Teriyaki Salmon (Video) 鮭の照り焼き

4.82 from 376 votes
Round plates containing shrimp yakisoba.

Shrimp Yakisoba 海老焼きそば

5 from 3 votes
A plate containing Miso Cod.

Miso Cod (Black Cod with Miso) 銀だらの西京焼き

4.79 from 461 votes
A black round plate containing metaiko pasta - Japanese spaghetti with spicy salted cod roe topped with julienned shiso and shredded nori seaweed.

Easy Mentaiko Pasta (Video)

4.34 from 3 votes
A bamboo steamed basket containing pork shumai (steamed pork dumplings).

Pork Shumai (Steamed Pork Dumplings) シュウマイ

4.79 from 19 votes
A donburi bowl containing grilled eel fillet over steamed rice.

Unadon (Grilled Eel Rice Bowl) (Video) 鰻丼

4.78 from 63 votes
A white plate containing Japanese Pasta with Shrimp and Broccolini.

Japanese-style Shrimp and Broccolini Pasta 海老とブロッコリーニの和風パスタ

4.74 from 46 votes
A plate containing panko-coated, fried horse mackerel fillets and a bed of shredded cabbage salad.

Fried Horse Mackerel (Aji Fry) あじのフライ

4.67 from 3 votes
A temaki hand roll sushi spread on the dining table, consisting of plates and bowls containing sushi rice, sashimi, vegetable fillings, and nori seaweed.

Temaki Sushi (Hand Roll) (Video) 手巻き寿司

4.69 from 45 votes
A white plate containing Broiled Miso Salmon served over ginger rice.

Miso Salmon (Video) 味噌サーモン

4.76 from 614 votes
A white bowl containing Ahi Tuna Poke.

Tuna Poke (Video) アヒポケ

4.80 from 10 votes
A round plate containing Hamachi Crudo dressed in a bright ponzu and sweet chili sauce vinaigrette, topped with a quick-pickled red onion and cucumber garnish.

Hamachi Crudo

4.78 from 18 votes
Bowls of Tsukemen dipping soup broth and a plate of ramen noodles and toppings.

Tsukemen (Dipping Ramen Noodles) つけ麺

4.75 from 56 votes
a large bowl containing shrimp and wonton soup along with the condiments.

Wonton Soup (Video) ワンタンスープ

4.64 from 95 votes
A donabe clay pot containing Japanese fish cake stew called oden, an assortment of fish balls and fish cakes.

Oden (Japanese Fish Cake Stew) おでん

4.77 from 56 votes
A white plate containing Mentaiko Udon topped with shredded nori and shiso leaves.

Mentaiko Udon (Spicy Cod Roe Udon) 明太子うどん

4.76 from 57 votes
Japanese kani salad served in a bowl.

Japanese Kani Salad カニカマサラダ

4.72 from 69 votes
A white plate containing Japanese salted salmon (Shiozake), tamagoyaki, and spinach salad.

Japanese Salted Salmon (Shiozake) 塩鮭

4.65 from 166 votes
Simmered shrimp on the green plate.

Simmered Shrimp えびのうま煮

5 from 10 votes
A Japanese plate containing Butter Soy Sauce Scallops.

Butter Soy Sauce Scallops ホタテのバター醤油焼き

4.66 from 20 votes
White flower-shaped ceramic containing candied sardines (tazukuri)

Tazukuri (Candied Anchovies) (Video) 田作り

4.83 from 17 votes
A ceramic plate containing Mirin Salmon along with steamed rice, roasted cauliflower, and sauteed greens.

Mirin Salmon 鮭のみりん漬け

4.82 from 43 votes
A ceramic bowl containing Japanese Sake-Steamed Clams.

Japanese Sake-Steamed Clams (Video) あさりの酒蒸し

4.75 from 40 votes
A blue Japanese plate containing Saba Misoni (Mackerel Simmered in Miso) garnished with julienned ginger.

Saba Misoni (Mackerel Simmered in Miso) (Video) 鯖の味噌煮

4.67 from 51 votes
A bizenware ceramic containing Chikuwa Isobeage and flake salt.

Chikuwa Isobeage ちくわの磯辺揚げ

4.89 from 18 votes
A Japanese meal set with shio koji salmon, miso soup, rice, and side dishes.

Shio Koji Salmon 塩麹サーモン

4.73 from 55 votes
A grey bowl containing buri daikon, a simmered yellowtail and daikon radish, garnished with julienned ginger.

Buri Daikon (Simmered Yellowtail and Daikon) ブリ大根

4.82 from 27 votes
A lacquer tray containing a whole Japanese Baked Sea Bream.

Japanese Baked Sea Bream 鯛の姿焼き

5 from 9 votes
A white Japanese ceramic plate containing Hamachi Kama (Grilled Yellowtail Collar) along with a wedge of lemon and yuzu-soy dipping sauce.

Hamachi Kama (Grilled Yellowtail Collar) カマ塩焼き

4.71 from 86 votes
A ceramic bowl containing miso marinated hamachi served on bed of steamed rice along with shiso, scallion, and sushi ginger.

Miso-Marinated Hamachi Bowl ハマチ漬け丼

5 from 9 votes
A weck jar containing homemade salmon flakes.

Salmon Flakes 鮭フレーク

4.79 from 52 votes
A black bowl containing a bed of rice topped with sashimi grade salmon, ikura, and shredded nori.

Salmon Sashimi Bowl (Donburi) 鮭いくら丼

4.82 from 16 votes
A white plate containing a Dragon Roll.

Dragon Roll Recipe ドラゴンロール

4.67 from 100 votes
A plate containing Salmon in Foil with ponzu sauce on the side.

Salmon in Foil (Video) 鮭のホイル焼き

4.83 from 139 votes
Rice bowls containing shrimp fried rice.

Shrimp Fried Rice 海老チャーハン

4.76 from 33 votes
Unagi Chazuke in a Japanese donburi bowl.

Unagi Chazuke (Hitsumabushi) 鰻茶漬け

4.70 from 13 votes
A spoon scooping out creamy macaroni gratin served in a blue STAUB gratin dish.

Macaroni Gratin マカロニグラタン

4.80 from 34 votes
Salmon Nanbanzuke (Marinated Fried Salmon)

Salmon Nanbanzuke (Marinated Fried Salmon) 鮭の南蛮酢け

4.56 from 25 votes
Salmon kasuzuke served on a Japanese plate.

Salmon Kasuzuke 鮭の粕漬け

5 from 17 votes
Eggplant & Unagi Over Rice in a Japanese blue and white bowl.

Eggplant Unagi Donburi 茄子と鰻の丼ぶり

4.77 from 26 votes
Seafood salad with vinaigrette in the white baking dish.

Seafood Salad with Vinaigrette シーフードマリネ

5 from 4 votes
Grilled mackerel (saba shioyaki) on a Japanese style plate, served with miso soup, rice and pickles.

Grilled Mackerel (Saba Shioyaki) 鯖の塩焼き

4.73 from 144 votes
Ankimo served on a blue plate.

Ankimo あん肝

4.43 from 7 votes
A white bowl containing Crispy Noodles with Seafood (Sara Udon).

Sara Udon (Crispy Noodles with Seafood) 長崎皿うどん

4.53 from 23 votes
Nagasaki Champon served in a ramen bowl.

Champon 長崎ちゃんぽん

4.89 from 18 votes
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