World Recipes

Hot and sour shrimp soup with lemongrass, galangal, and lime — Thailand's signature.

A hot and sour shrimp soup with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and mushrooms — intensely aromatic.

Raw shrimp in blazing lime-chili water — Sinaloa's answer to ceviche.

Live crawfish boiled in a peppery, crab-boil-seasoned broth with corn, potatoes, and sausage.

Translucent shrimp dumplings — the benchmark of dim sum quality.

Sizzling shrimp cooked in olive oil with garlic and guindilla chili, served bubbling in a clay dish with bread.

Translucent pleated dumplings filled with whole shrimp, bamboo shoots, and sesame oil.

A rich coconut curry soup with rice noodles, shrimp, tofu puffs, and bean sprouts in a spice-paste base.

Saffron rice cooked with shrimp, mussels, clams, and squid in a seafood-stock base.

Paella with shrimp, mussels, clams, and squid.

Sauteed shrimp with bacon, garlic, and a rich pan sauce served over creamy stone-ground grits.

Black-eyed pea fritters from Bahia, split and stuffed with vatapá shrimp paste and caruru okra stew.

Wet, soupy rice loaded with clams, shrimp, crab, and mussels in a tomato-saffron broth.

Shrimp sautéed in butter and garlic — simple Mexican seafood at its best.

Clams, shrimp, and chourico steamed together in a sealed copper cataplana with tomatoes, peppers, and white wine.

Raw blood clams cured in lime with tomato, onion, and cilantro, a delicacy from Ecuador's coast.

San Francisco-born Italian-American seafood stew in tomato broth.

Cooked shrimp in a tangy tomato-citrus broth with red onion, cilantro, and served with crunchy corn nuts.

Mussels steamed in white wine, shallots, garlic, butter, and parsley, served with crusty bread.

Mussels steamed in white wine, garlic, and parsley — simple and fast.

Galician-style boiled octopus with paprika, olive oil, and potatoes.

Tender boiled octopus sliced and served on a wooden board with smoked paprika, olive oil, and sea salt.

Black squid ink risotto — dramatic and briny.

Creamy risotto loaded with shrimp, mussels, clams, and calamari.

Garlicky shrimp in white wine butter sauce over linguine.

Sautéed shrimp over creamy stone-ground grits — Lowcountry staple.

Octopus-filled fried batter balls — Osaka's iconic street food.