The Pacific Northwest isn’t just mountains and orcas and beautiful scenery (and rain). It is also filled with one of the most incredible fisheries in the entire country. Read on for 45+ recipes featuring these delicious fish. These recipes can also be used on many different types of fish, even if you are across the country.
Recipes featuring Pacific Northwest Fish
Salmon, Lingcod, Rockfish, and Halibut are shining stars of the Pacific Northwest fishery, and are the main species that we target when we fish. They are abundant, delicious, and lend themselves very well to many different recipes and flavor profiles.
Pacific Northwest Fish Recipes
This easy Traeger grilled rockfish recipe cooks in about 20-25 minutes, and features fresh rockfish, lemon, and simple seasoning to really let the fresh fish shine.
This salmon is SO easy, but is one of my favorite meals! Season with your favorite fish blend, or just simple salt and pepper.
Delicious flaky walleye grilled on the Traeger with an easy and bright lemon cream sauce! You'll never want walleye another way ever again.
Easy and delicious Traeger Smoked Salmon recipe. Homemade taste, fresh flavor, delicious real maple glaze.
This simple salmon recipe is flavored with a delicious lemon pepper rub, cooks quickly, and is delicious!
These crispy breaded fish sandwiches are coated in seasoned flour, an egg wash, and then seasoned panko breadcrumbs and fried until crispy and golden brown.
Fresh salmon is brined and then smoked on a wood-pellet grill with fresh lemon pepper seasoning!
Fresh salmon is brined and then smoked on a wood-pellet grill with fresh lemon pepper seasoning!
This tender hot smoked salmon is coated in teriyaki sauce and smoked on the Traeger wood-pellet grill!
These easy Traeger grilled blackened fish tacos are an easy and healthy way to add some more fish in your family's diet! Super flavorful and fresh.
Lincod that is pan seared and well-seasoned and served over rice. Fresh, flaky, tender, and delicious.
Tender lingcod or halibut filets are stuffed with a crab mixture and topped with a delicious lemon cream sauce.
Delicious fish tacos are marinated in a flavorful guacamole salsa with lemon juice and Mexican spices, and then given a quick saute before being served with all the taco fixings.
Delicious grilled lingcod lets the flavor of the fresh fish shine by not overpowering the fish with crazy seasonings.
This simple salmon recipe is flavored with a delicious teriyaki sauce, cooks quickly, and is so delicious!
Easy Grilled Salmon in Foil is a fool-proof way to have tender, perfectly-cooked salmon filets every time.
Homemade beer battered fish nuggets are now a staple in our house. They are so easy, and so delicious! Make them with any firm whitefish.
Fresh fish is seasoned and tossed on the gas flat top griddle for one of the best fish tacos, EVER. The peach salsa is the icing on the cake. Bright, fresh, and packed full of flavor. Try these today!
This easy Traeger Honey Garlic Salmon recipe uses fresh fish, simple ingredients, and the magic of your pellet grill to turn the sauce into a sticky, amazing, glaze.
Traeger Cioppino is a hearty seafood stew that is made with fresh fish and seafood from the waters of the Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest coast! Rich and hearty with tomato and white wine, this is something you need to try at least once in your life.
This simple recipe uses fresh halibut and a simple parmesan topping that turns into the best crust! Easy to put together, delicious to eat.
Our simple Fried Walleye Recipe uses a cracker-based breading and a quick pan-fry until it is golden brown, crispy, and perfect.
Delicious Black Cod filets are dry-brined and then slow-smoked on our pellet smoker for a buttery, tender whitefish that is perfect served with cheese and crackers!
Easy Smoked Black Cod Dip is a snap to whip together and makes an amazing appetizer for any occasion!
Halibut filets are breaded and cooked in the air fryer until they are a perfect medium. Simple and impressive dinner!
This light, fresh, and versatile dish is done in under an hour, and cooked right on your pellet grill!
This simple and flavorful broiled lingcod is made with fresh whitefish, lemon slices, salt, pepper, and other simple seasonings for the perfect piece of fish!
Fresh white fish is quickly cooked on the Blackstone griddle after being seasoned with Cajun Blackening seasoning. Delicious, easy meal!
This tender salmon sandwich uses fresh salmon filets cooked on the Blackstone griddle!
Delicious, fresh salmon fillets are rubbed with an herby lemon time blend from The Spice Guy, topped with lemon slices, and then cooked on the pellet grill.
Miso Marinated Black Cod is easy to prepare, and such a treat! If you can't get your hands on the relatively hard-to-find Sablefish, any firm whitefish will work!
Fresh lingcod is seasoned with a lemon pepper blend, some flaky salt, and the wood fire flavor from our pellet grill. Simple and delicious!
A fresh whole Pacific Coho Salmon gets stuffed with fresh herbs, lemons, and butter before being cooked on the pellet grill!
Make a delicious seafood paella right at home on your pellet grill! Seafood cooked over a live wood fire with the freshest seafood around.
Fresh sturgeon fillets, seasoned and grilled on the flat top griddle. Served with lemon cream sauce, this fish is tender, flavorful, and one of my new favorite fish recipes.
This easy homemade gumbo recipe features shrimp, andouille sausage, and fresh lingcod!
This simple halibut recipe borrows all the flavors of your favorite shrimp scampi, and utilizes your air fryer!
Our delicious foil-wrapped whole grilled salmon is hot off the grill, and coming right to your table. One of the easiest ways to cook a whole salmon!
Our delicious and simple recipe features fresh white fish simmered in a homemade sauce made of bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, butter, and white wine.
This bright dish filled with grilled salmon, Mediterreinean flavors, and vegetables as far as the eye can see.
Easy Smoked Salmon Dip is made with hot smoked salmon, cream cheese, and other common household staples you probably have laying around right now.
Delicious and hearty smoked salmon chowder is full of carrots, potato, celery, thyme, and of course all of the lemon pepper smoked salmon you can possibly take.
This homemade eggs benedict has a heaping helping of Traeger smoked salmon and lots of creamy homemade hollandaise sauce.
My smoked salmon scramble is rich and fluffy scrambled eggs mixed in with hot smoked salmon and all the cheese. You're going to love this on a toasted bagel or an English muffin!
These flavorful Salmon Miso Poke Bowls are easy to throw together, and make such a fabulous lunch or dinner option!
This tender salmon sandwich uses grilled salmon filets on top of crisp butter lettuce and topped with the best dill aioli that you've ever had!
Nicole Johnson
Nicole Johnson, a self-taught expert in grilling and outdoor cooking, launched Or Whatever You Do in 2010. Her blog, renowned for its comprehensive and creative outdoor cooking recipes, has garnered a vast audience of millions. Nicole's hands-on experience and passion for grilling shine through her work. Her husband, Jeremiah Johnson, also plays a pivotal role in recipe development, adding his culinary flair to the mix. Together, they form a dynamic duo, offering a rich and varied outdoor cooking experience to their followers.