Are you a lover of the flavors of the Mediterranean? And do you crave a succulent seafood dish? Look no further! I’m sharing a huge variety of Mediterranean Seafood Recipes.

Here you will find classic seafood dishes from various places in Italy, Greece, Spain, and France. There is a little of something for all to enjoy with this delightful compilation of delicious Mediterranean flavors.
Some of the more common seafood used in Mediterranean dishes are:
- clams
- crab
- sea bass
- lobster
- flounder
- mussels
- octopus
- salmon
- oysters
- shrimp
- squid
- tuna
- and sardines.
Just to name a few.
Fatty fish like salmon, tuna, mackerel, and herring are great additions to anyone looking to begin a Mediterranean diet. They are all full of beneficial omega 3s.
And omega 3s are excellent for heart health, improve eye health, helps fight inflammation, may help improve bone & joint health, among many other things! (Source)
Related: Mediterranean Frittata

Mediterranean Seafood
Aside from a focus on fresh fruits and vegetables, the Mediterranean diet is filled with a lot of fresh seafood.
Depending on what part of the Mediterranean you’re visiting, you will find a few similarities. And it is their love of seafood. This is mostly because of the availability along the coastal regions.
In Italy, along the Amalfi Coast especially, where they boast of the world’s greatest seafood. You’ll find dishes such as, scialatielli ai frutti di mare. Which means, fruit of the sea. It contains a variety of seafood and is usually served with pasta.
In Greece, however, a pretty classic Greek seafood dish is octopus with pasta. And in Spain, it is a seafood paella.
In France, in the port city of Marseille, Bouillabaisse is well known. It is a hearty fish stew with broth and saffron.
One thing that none of them is short on is the flavor of fresh ingredients!
Mediterranean Seafood Recipes
45 of the most mouthwatering and succulent Mediterranean inspired seafood recipes. You'll find traditional inspired recipces and modernized versions from regions of Italy, Greece, Spain, and France.
Mediterranean Salmon Sheet Pan Recipe
This Mediterranean salmon sheet pan recipe is light and lean, but still packed full of delicious flavor. And best of all, it can be on your dining table in about 30 minutes!
Oven Roasted Mussels and Shrimp Paella
Easy Oven Roasted Shrimp and Mussels Paella perfect for any weeknight meal.
Mediterranean Scallop Linguine
The best Mediterranean flavors come together in this pasta and sea scallops dish. Start with a jammy tomato saute, add flavor-boosting olives, capers, and Greek seasonings, and you have a scrumptious meal of scallop linguine.
Easy 15 Minute Shrimp Scampi with Pasta
The best shrimp scampi ever! Tender shrimp are sauteed in a delicious butter full of garlicky, lemony goodness, with red pepper flakes for a kick, served up with your favorite pasta that’s tossed in that lemon garlic butter in less than 15 minutes. Talk about a winner for dinner!
Grilled Oysters with Tarragon Butter
Tarragon’s sweet, licorice-like notes pairs well with briny oysters left just slightly smoky from the grill. Grilling oysters leaves them wonderfully meaty, and further enriched with butter.
Kalamaria or Thrapsala Tiganita or Gemista (Fried or Stuffed Kalamari)
Kalamaria (pr. kah-lah-MAHR-ghia), is a very popular dish in Greece and Cyprus, especially during Lent when seafood is allowed to be eaten.
Cucumber Dill Salmon ~ pan seared + Greek yogurt sauce
Pan seared salmon topped with creamy (no mayo) cucumber dill sauce. Everything cooks in 1 Pan, ready in 20 minutes.
Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass
With this pan seared Chilean sea bass you can whip up one of those “wow” meals right in the comfort of your own home.
Easy Pan Seared Salmon with Asparagus
Easy Pan Seared Salmon with Asparagus is light, healthy and delicious! Topped with a yummy herb dressing it’s nutritious and tasty, and you can have this simple skillet dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes!
Seafood Chorizo Paella
Paella is one of those dishes that has so much flavor and is perfect for feeding the whole family. This seafood chorizo paella will be a family favorite.
Tilapia Piccata with White Wine, Lemon and Capers Recipe
Tilapia Piccata pan seared tilapia in a bright, briny and buttery sauce made with lemons, butter and capers.
Greek style Octopus Salad (Htapodi Salata)
Greek style octopus salad, or “htapodi salata”, which combined with boiled potatoes, green onions, parsley and extra virgin olive oil is fabulous served as a side or main dish.
Roasted Salmon with Citrus Vinaigrette
This easy sheet pan roasted salmon with green beans and citrus vinaigrette is so delicious! Salmon and green beans roast together and are tossed in the best ever citrus vinaigrette!
Romesco de peix (Catalan fish stew)
Romesco de peix, Catalan fish stew, is a wonderfully flavorful mix of seafood in a sauce made with almonds, peppers, tomato and garlic. It’s comforting without being too heavy. Truly delicious.
Pan Seared Cod with Tomatoes and Olives
Fast fish is one of my favorite weeknight dinners! This recipe for pan seared cod with tomatoes and olives is fast, simple, and bursting with flavor from the sauce of tomatoes, olives, capers, and lemon juice.
Stuffed Tomatoes with Wild Alaska Red Salmon Salad
Easy to make, perfect as an appetizer or as main dish for a light lunch, this tomatoes are stuffed with a salmon salad with red onion, capers and fennel.
Baked Cod Fish [Italian Style]
Are you looking for a Baked Cod Fish recipe that happens to be healthy, tasty and quick to make? This will quickly become your go to fish recipe. Supper is served in just 30 minutes!
Seafood Salad: The Best Italian Appetizer
This Seafood Salad is the appetizer of choice whenever planning a party!
Grilled Lobster Tails
With only three ingredients, these grilled lobster tails will allow you to have diner ready in less than 30 minutes.
Lemon butter salmon with potatoes and asparagus (sheet pan dinner)
Salmon makes a quick and easy weekday meal, but how do you make it interesting? This lemon butter salmon with potatoes and asparagus is certainly that. What a delicious, healthy meal perfect any time of year – and you’ll only have one pan to wash!
Salt Baked Fish
You might be surprised to learn how easy it is to make salt baked fish… And the results are an incredibly moist and well-seasoned fish with a gorgeous presentation!
Avocado Shrimp Pasta with Bacon
Avocado Shrimp Pasta with Bacon - creamy avocado combined with prawns (shrimp) and bacon, in a creamy garlic sauce.
Pan Seared Salmon with Creamy Lemon Pasta
This Pan Seared Salmon with Creamy Lemon Pasta is a perfect date night dinner. Easy to make and ready in 15 minutes, this crispy salmon and pasta is delicious and beautiful.
Seared Scallop Pasta with Creamy Bacon Sauce
This Seared Scallop Pasta with Creamy Bacon Sauce is such an easy elegant seafood recipe. We all know that pasta carbonara is pure comfort food, but when you add shellfish to your creamy pasta noodles you turn up the notch on dinner!
One Pan Lemon Garlic Salmon & Parmesan Asparagus
One Pan Lemon Garlic Salmon & Parmesan Asparagus is a meal you can prepare quickly and clean up your mess while it bakes in the oven. You get a complete, healthy meal that is low carb, sugar free, and Keto friendly!
Seared Scallops and Cauliflower Rice Risotto
This Seared Scallops and Cauliflower Rice Risotto recipe is my quick, keto-friendly take on one of my favorite restaurant meals! It’s the perfect easy keto comfort food dish that you might enjoy on a date night or special occasion.
Perfectly Steamed Wild-Caught Crab Legs In The Instant Pot {Paleo, Whole30, Real Food}
The Instant Pot takes all the intimidation out of something fancy like crab legs! When dipped in K2-rich butter, these perfectly steamed wild-caught crab legs in the Instant Pot provide one powerfully nourishing meal or appetizer — perfect for any special occasion where you want to serve Real Food!
One Sheet Pan Parmesan Shrimp and Asparagus
An one sheet pan dinner meal that can be easily prepared in less than 30 minutes. A no-hassle, mess-free delicious low carb meal!
Sole (or Halibut) in Parchment with Warm Date and Apricot Salad!
An easy 20 minute meal baked in parchment paper!
Garlic Parmesan Shrimp
Looking for an easy appetizer for your holiday party? Or to take along to a family gathering? You’ll love these Garlic Parmesan Shrimp. Flavor packed and only take about 10 minutes to make.
Pan Seared Mahi Mahi in Tomato Mascarpone Sauce
Mahi Mahi is so good they named it twice! Served with an easy creamy tomato mascarpone sauce, this is an easy dish made in 20 minutes.
Instant Pot Shrimp Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce
Instant Pot Shrimp Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce is scrumptious shrimp pasta made entirely in the Instant Pot. Skip the stove and sauté shrimp, boil pasta, and make the creamy sauce all in ONE pot.
Calamari Stew in Tomato Sauce
The best calamari recipe I know! Tender calamari in sauce, this is an aromatic seafood stew that you will be making over and over again.
Pan-fried Garlic Butter Prawns
You might get your hands dirty with shell on shrimp, but believe me, they are much tastier than their shelled peers. Try these Garlic Butter Shrimp. Finger licking good!
Mediterranean Baked Cod Recipe
Perfect for when you need a quick meal: Made in one dish with tomatoes, olives and onions, this Mediterranean Baked Cod is an easy and healthy weeknight dinner!
Baked Dover Sole and Veggies Sheet Pan
Baked Dover sole and veggies sheet pan takes less than 1 hour, perfect for a quick and healthy midweek meal.
Shrimp Puttanesca with Quinoa
Shrimp Puttanesca can be made in 30 minutes. Based on spaghetti alla puttanesca, it’s made with olives, tomatoes, garlic, capers, and onions.
Spicy Pesto Shrimp Primavera
Spicy Pesto Shrimp Primavera is a restaurant-inspired, mildly spicy, hugely flavorful Shrimp dish with red bell peppers, asparagus, and spinach with a Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto with Parmesan cheese.
Garlic Mussels In Sour Cream Sauce
Garlic Mussels In Sour Cream Sauce is quick and easy recipe for dinner that requires just a handful of ingredients.
Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
As shrimp recipes go, this Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp is amazing! An easy dinner to make, whipping up this quick shrimp scampi recipe will have your family wowed!
Baked Cod with Lemon
Baked Cod with Lemon is a simple, healthy meal using olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and capers to create a sweet and salty sauce for fresh cod. This is a great way to incorporate the Mediterranean diet into your meals!
Mediterranean Tuna Spring Rolls
What do you get when you take the best yellowfin tuna, and Mediterranean-inspired ingredients, then wrap them all up in a spring roll borrowed from Asian cuisine? Summer appetizer perfection.
Julia Child's Bouillabaisse: A Classic French Recipe
Julia Child’s classic recipe for Provencal fish soup in tomato saffron broth, with roasted red pepper rouille.
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