10 Grilled Seafood Recipes to Cook All Summer Long

Want to wow guests at your summer cookout parties? Seafood—from shrimp, scallops, and lobster tails to your favorite fish —is the perfect way to show off your grilling skills with little extra effort. Amp up your seafood of choice with flavorful marinades, cook them quickly over a hot, well-oiled grill, and you simply can’t go wrong

Tequila Lime Shrimp

Get the grilling party started with sweet shrimp bbq seafood kebabs marinated in a tequila-lime marinade made with garlic and cumin for a nice hit of spice. They only need three or four minutes on the grill and make a great hand-held party appetizer

Grilled Onion-Butter Cod

Cod fillets are flavored with a gorgeous butter and wine sauce that gets tons of flavor from lightly-poached onions. The fish is cooked quickly on a well-oiled grill to create a sophisticated summer entrée. Serve with steamed baby potatoes and wilted spinach greens as a complete meal

Moroccan Grilled Fish Kebabs

Kebabs are a wonderful way to enjoy seafood on the grill. Moroccan spices bring a brilliant depth of flavor to any mild white fish you choose to grill. Serve these fish skewers as a cookout appetizer or make them a complete meal with rice and grilled veggies

Grilled Lobster Tails

What could be more elegant than succulent grilled lobster tails? Learn to cook them ’til just tender with a simple recipe that calls for a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and fresh dill

Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Scallops With Lemon Aioli

Bacon-wrapped scallops are a cocktail party standby. Here, meaty scallops are wrapped in bacon and grilled on skewers to form a cookout dish that guests will fight over. The addition of creamy, zingy homemade lemon aioli takes this app over the top

Grilled Shrimp Tacos

Cooking over hot coals adds just the right flavor to these grilled shrimp tacos. They are coated with spices, grilled, and served on warm corn or flour tortillas and topped with spicy aioli, cotija cheese, and spicy slaw

Grilled Bourbon Tuna Steaks

Tuna steaks have a satisfying texture that makes them a great alternative to red meat. This tasty recipe cooks them on the grill with a sweet-and-spicy bourbon-honey sauce that’s so delectable, you will want to use it for all your grilled veggies, too

Grilled Crab

Grilled crab makes an impressive statement as a cookout party main. This recipe walks you through the process of using an outdoor grill and just a few other simple ingredients to make the most of crab’s natural sweetness. You can use fresh or thawed frozen shellfish depending on what’s available

Grilled Jumbo Shrimp With Lemon-Herb Marinade

Jumbo shrimp take a quick dip in an herbaceous marinade before a brief turn on the grill. They are ready to eat when they’re bright pink, in just two to three minutes. Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing

Grilled Sea Bass Marinated in Sake

Sea bass is a popular restaurant fish that’s easy to prepare and cooks in a flash. In this make-ahead recipe, fish fillets are marinated overnight in Japanese sake wine and other Asian flavorings, then cooked quickly on the grill. Serve with grilled vegetables or a warm quinoa salad