14 Grilled Seafood Recipes to Cook All Summer Long

Get the grilling party started with sweet shrimp 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 trout Florentine makes an elegant, show-stopping appetizer for summer parties. Whole trout is packed with a flavorful spinach stuffing that gets great crunch and flavor from pine nuts and panko breadcrumbs. It's brushed with white wine, then grilled to flaky perfection.

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 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.

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.

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.

The grill is a great way to cook oysters and this tasty recipe is a great introduction for beginners to the briny shellfish. Just keep a close eye on the oysters and remove them from the grill as soon as they open. Serve with a squeeze of lemon or hot sauce.

Fresh basil and zesty lime juice infuse mild tilapia fillets with plenty of flavor in a recipe that cooks on your grill in under five minutes. Use them for fish tacos or as a health-conscious summer dinner with steamed rice and green vegetables.

In-season mangoes or peaches and fresh red bell pepper add beautiful sweetness and crunch to grilled skewered scallops that are dressed in a Thai-inspired vinaigrette. Serve as a party app with extra sauce on the side for dipping or as an entrée with Thai-style coconut rice.

Thick halibut fillets are basted with a rich butter sauce flavored with cilantro and lime in this fabulous grilled fish recipe. Enjoy it solo as an entrée or use it for fish tacos — it'll blend beautifully with classic Mexican seasonings.