These effortless seafood appetizer ideas are perfect for the holidays, whether you’re hosting a small gathering or kicking off a feast. The best holiday seafood recipes to serve at get-together are the ones that treat your guests to a special experience, but allow you to enjoy yourself, too.
Each of these holiday seafood recipes has elements that can be made ahead of time, which can help streamline your to-do list the day that you’re hosting.
3 Dipping Sauces for Crab Legs
While butter is a classic dipping sauce for crab legs, adding a few more ingredients into the mix can take a crab leg dipping sauce from basic to amazing. These three crab leg dipping sauces go beyond butter to add spice, creaminess, and zing to Dungeness or snow crab. Every 24 oz. to 32 oz. bag of Snap-and-Eat Crab generously serves about 8 to 10 people as an appetizer.
Smoked Salmon Blini
A little salty and a little sweet, smoked salmon and blini are a tried and true combo. They’re a classic appetizer with seafood, featuring cold smoked sockeye salmon or even hot smoked sockeye salmon. Try making the blini ahead of time and freezing them in a freezer bag a few days before your gathering — they can be reheated quickly in a warm oven as you’re ready to serve them. Each pack of cold or hot smoked sockeye serves approximately 4 people as an appetizer.
Seared Weathervane Scallops with Compound Butter
Sweet weathervane scallops cook in a hot pan in well under 10 minutes, needing little more than a simple sauce to finish them. For this dish, the key component is a Lemon-Herb Compound Butter. Added at the end just as you’ve finished searing the scallops, this compound butter gives a dish rich, citrusy, herby flavor profile that complements the natural sweetness of the scallops. Each 20 oz. pack of Weathervane Scallops serves about 6 to 8 people as an appetizer.
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