Sure, fish is great. But fish with a great sauce? That's the pro move.
When you have a handful of solid sauce recipes in your back pocket, a simple piece of salmon or white fish suddenly becomes five or six completely different dinners.
My Favorite Sauces for Fish
These are the sauces I come back to over and over, whether it's for a weeknight fish fillet or something a little more ambitious. Some are rich and buttery, some are bright and herby, and a few are both. Each one links to the full recipe, so click through to whatever catches your eye.
This creamy lemon butter sauce is flawless over salmon, grouper or even tilapia.
Bright, herbacious, a little spicy - everything we love about Meditteranean flavors in a gorgeous sauce. Serve it over broiled cod, scallops or slow roasted salmon.
Whether you're serving up salmon patties, fish cakes or cod fritters, this creamy lemon dill sauce brings the perfect flavor.
Rich, creamy, loaded with garlic, citrus and shrimp flavor, this sauce is perfect over blackened or grilled fish. Add creamy grits and you'll have the best dinner of your life.
This nutty, herby, citrusy table sauce is delicious over simple baked fish, crispy potatoes, or steamed veggies.
This creamy lemon caper sauce is the one you can always count on. It's simple, spectacular and easy to double for company. Make it for crispy fish piccata, shrimp or halibut cheeks.
Bright ginger and savory scallions are the star of the show here and you can't believe the flavor this one adds to seafood. My favorite flavor from my travels in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. Serve it over steamed fish and rice, shrimp or even calamari.
Mustard sauce with big garlic flavor is a classic pairing for crab claws - but equally delicious with shrimp!
Smoky Spanish Romesco Sauce is a simple, dump-it-all-in-the-food-processor-and-go kind of recipe. But the flavors are spectacular. I love it with these shrimp stuffed peppers, but serve it just as often with a simple seared cod or air fried salmon.
This is the yogurt-dill sauce for your Greek-style fish cakes and EBBS Salmon. But it's also perfect on every seafood-topped grain bowl I've ever made.
Chunky olive herb salsa is ideal over a simple grilled fish with charred lemons. I've also served it with grilled shrimp skewers to a standing ovation.
A sophisticated, creamy lemon dill sauce that's perfect over your weeknight salmon.
This is the sauce you'll find at almost any table in Portugal. Served over grilled calamari, whole grilled sea bass, or the catch of the day.
While technically a salad dressing, Shrimp Louie Sauce is basically a creamy cocktail sauce with a kick. It's fantastic with any shellfish or crispy fish your making tonight.
This honey lemon butter sauce with sliced almonds is the kind of sauce that makes people sit up and ask questions. Where did you find this? How did you make it? Can I get seconds?
Creamy Chipotle Sauce is the answer to all your fish taco needs. It's customizeable to your preferred level of spice and flavor!
We can't talk about the best sauces for fish without talking about tartar sauce. My version is lemony, dilly, pickly (sub capers if that's what you have) and it always wins the night.
If you love a good cajun butter dipping sauce, you're going to get obsessed with this Vietnamese version, straight from our friends in Houston. Ginger, lime, cilantro, fish sauce...you won't believe the flavors. Serve with crawfish, shrimp, grilled fish or lobster.
I used mahi mahi here, but use your favorite white fish. Sear it, then build this creamy, herby sauce right in the pan.
Make this one with or without anchovies, then serve it over blackened shrimp salads, salmon salad, or brush it over salmon fillets for Caesar Style Salmon.
Creamy white wine sauce studded with fresh dill is exactly how I want to smother my pan-seared fish. You will, too!
I serve this one with Shawarma Salmon, Salmon Wraps and Falafel Pitas. It's always a hit.
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