Seafood Platter
Create an impressive seafood platter with this easy recipe! Learn how to choose the best seafood, prepare it perfectly and arrange it beautifully. Perfect for any celebration!
Ingredients
- 2 lb (1kg) Shrimp cooked with garlic butter
- 2 lobster tails cleaned and cut in half
- 1 lb (500g) mussel half shell
- 1 lb (500g) white fish
- calamari fried
- olive oil
- salt
- black pepper
- garlic powder
To serve
- garlic butter sauce
- peri-peri sauce I added ¼ cup heavy cream to make a creamy sauce
- rice with garlic butter
- lemon wedges
- parsley chopped
Instructions
- Make the sauces before cooking the seafood and keep them at low heat.
- The seafood will all require different cooking methods. Mussels: Bring a large pot of water to the boil and add a steaming basket. Add the mussels to the steamer and steam for 4-5 minutes. If using whole mussels, steam until they open and discard any that don't.
- Calamari: Dredge in seasoned flour and fry in hot oil until crisp and golden, approximately 3-4 minutes. Do this in batches if your pot is small.
- Shrimp: Follow the recipe instructions for the shrimp.
- Lobster and fish: Drizzle the lobster tails and fish fillets with olive oil and season with salt, garlic powder and pepper. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat and sear the lobster, flesh-side down, for 2-3 minutes until cooked through.
- Grab your biggest platter then add the seafood. I prefer arranging the seafood in sections for an abundant appearance. Add bowls of sauce then garnish with chopped parsley and lemon wedges.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 496
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 496kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 82g | 164% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 486mg | 162% |
| Sodium | 1016mg | 42% |
| Potassium | 1234mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 186IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 215mg | 22% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.