3 Hearty Seafood Soup Recipes for Your Next Dinner

Using high-quality fish and shellfish for seafood soups is essential for effortless, great-tasting meals. A membership to Wild Alaskan Company gives you access to a delicious selection of sustainably-caught, fresh-frozen seafood from Alaska for you to enjoy in healthy, hearty seafood soups. Whether you’re combining a mix of wild-caught fish into a rustic seafood stew or blending sweet shellfish into a creamy bisque, the quality of each ingredient is what sets apart a good seafood soup from an extraordinary one. 

What’s the Difference Between a Soup, Stew, Chowder and Bisque?

Think of “soup” as a catch-all term for a meal that is predominantly built around a liquid, whether it’s made with a base of something like seafood stock, coconut milk, or crushed tomatoes. Soups with chunkier textures are often either referred to as stews or chowders — we often think of the latter as a soup thickened with potatoes or cream, but there are regional variations of chowder that defy a standard definition. Bisques, on the other hand, are more narrowly defined as velvety shellfish-based soups, blended into a creamy emulsion with either the addition of dairy or cooked rice. (We have an easy bisque recipe for you in another blog post!)

Seafood Soup Recipes for a Simple, Cozy Dinner

Regardless of what type of soup-like meal you’re craving, cooking with seafood from Wild Alaskan Company allows you to enjoy a dynamic range of lean, nutritious, and tasty varieties of wild-caught fish and shellfish — perfect for simple weeknight dinners. In addition, using lean protein in easy, everyday meals is a great way to maintain a healthy weight, manage your cholesterol, and support overall wellbeing.

To fill up your bowl with all of this good stuff, cozy up to these three hearty and warm seafood soup recipes:

Mediterranean Stew with Wild-Caught Alaskan Cod

Our recipe for a Mediterranean stew is built upon quintessentially Mediterranean components. Extra virgin olive oil, dry white wine, and garlic cloves bring mild and flaky Pacific cod to life, with a smattering of olives and tomatoes for good measure. It’s a flavorful and fresh stew that’s ready in less than 30 minutes. 

This soup is quite adaptable, as you can substitute any white fish fillets in the recipe, with minor adjustments on cook time as needed. However, one thing to note is that you’ll absolutely need to cook with defrosted fillets — rather than cooking cod or any other fish from frozen — since the first step of the recipe requires you to get a good sear on the fish.

Caribbean Fish Stew with Wild Alaskan Cod

Coconut milk is the key to our recipe for a Caribbean fish stew, an easy one-pot meal that’s perfect for weeknights when you’re craving something warm and hearty, but don’t have an entire evening to dedicate to prep time and cleanup. 

Red peppers and onions cooked in olive oil form the aromatic base of this creamy fish soup. From there, you’re layering in some diced plantain and yuca for starchy heft, adding a serious dose of lean and nutritious protein with wild-caught cod (or any sustainably-caught variety of wild Alaskan seafood!), then garnishing everything with avocado to truly take things over the top. 

Seafood Ramen with Wild Alaskan Seafood

In the mood for a warm, noodle-based soup? Consider transforming your seafood stock into a batch of ramen broth, which you can stash in the fridge to use throughout the week for quick but way-better-than-instant meals. Just add noodles and cooked seafood, like steamed crab meat or seared spot prawns. And don’t forget to garnish with any of your favorite toppings — red pepper flakes or black pepper, soy-marinated eggs, cilantro, scallions, nori, whatever floats your ramen boat. 

We’ve got more seafood ramen tips for you, covering everything from adding texture to the bowl with crispy salmon skin to using smoked salmon to turn your ramen into breakfast.

What Fish Should I Use for Seafood Soup?

Call us biased, but we think that wild-caught fish and shellfish is the best protein option for any seafood soup recipe. We’re talkin’ lean, clean, nutritious protein that is substantial enough to satiate your appetite without weighing you down.

There’s a range of flavors and textures in wild Alaskan seafood, from mild and flaky varieties of white fish like halibut and cod, to robust and meaty sockeye salmon, to sweet and succulent weathervane scallops and spot prawns. No matter what you want to ladle into your bowls this week, Wild Alaskan Company’s got you covered with our dynamic lineup of sustainably-harvested seafood. 

What Pairs Well With Seafood Soup?

A slice or two of crusty bread is always a good idea for dunking into and soaking up brothy soups. For heavier stews, you might prefer to balance out the meal with a fresh parsley and fennel salad like this one from Food & Wine. Consider adding carbohydrates like potatoes, rice, or pasta to the pot if you’re looking to stretch the soup out so that you can enjoy a few more meals of leftovers. 

You can also play around with texture by pairing up soup with a side of crispy-roasted veggies. Roasting any vegetable at 425F in a little olive oil and fresh thyme turns up their complexity and gives them the perfect patina of caramelization that can complement any type of seafood soup. 

Get the Best Wild Caught Fish for Your Seafood Soup

To keep your kitchen stocked with nutritious, high-quality wild-caught fish and shellfish, become a member of Wild Alaskan Company. As a member of Wild Alaskan Company, you’ll receive a box packed with sustainably-caught, fresh-frozen seafood each month, making it easy to indulge in simple and great-tasting seafood soup recipes, at any time of year when you want to get a little cozy. Learn more about how a Wild Alaskan Company membership works by visiting our homepage.