Ingredient Substitutes

Substitutes for seafood

120 cards, each listed with its best swap. Open one for the amount and every option, stamped.

In this drawer

120 cards

A
- Abalonebest swap: King oyster mushroom stems, scored and braised
- Aligue (crab fat)best swap: Lobster tomalley plus butter
- Amberjackbest swap: Mahi-mahi
- Arctic charbest swap: Steelhead trout
B
- Bangus (milkfish)best swap: Rainbow trout
- Barramundibest swap: Sea bass
- Basabest swap: Swai or pangasius
- Belacanbest swap: Indonesian terasi
- Black codbest swap: Chilean sea bass (Patagonian toothfish)
- Bonito flakesbest swap: Instant dashi powder (hondashi or dashi granules)
- Boqueronesbest swap: Pickled herring, drained and sliced
- Bottargabest swap: Anchovy plus grated pecorino romano
- Branzinobest swap: Whole dorade or sea bream (orata)
C
- Calamaribest swap: Small shrimp, or larger shrimp halved lengthwise
- Canned sardinesbest swap: Canned mackerel
- Catfishbest swap: Tilapia fillets
- Chilean sea bassbest swap: Cod
- Clam juicebest swap: Fish stock
- Clamsbest swap: Mussels
- Cobiabest swap: Swordfish
- Cod fishbest swap: Haddock
- Cod roebest swap: Jarred tarama or salted cod roe
- Conchbest swap: Whelk (sea snail)
- Corvinabest swap: Halibut
- Crab meatbest swap: Cooked shrimp, chopped
- Crab stockbest swap: Shrimp stock
- Crawfishbest swap: Small shrimp, peeled (51/70 or 71/90 count)
- Crayfish powderbest swap: Ground dried shrimp
D
- Dried anchoviesbest swap: Dried shrimp
- Dulsebest swap: Nori flakes or crumbled toasted nori
E
- Escargotbest swap: Small brown or button mushrooms
F
- Fish ballsbest swap: Fish cake slices (kamaboko or chikuwa)
- Fish mawbest swap: Dried bean curd sticks or tofu skin (fu zhu, yuba), rehydrated
- Flounderbest swap: Sole
G
- Gefilte fishbest swap: Homemade fish quenelles from ground whitefish, pike or carp
- Gravlaxbest swap: Cold-smoked salmon (lox, nova)
- Grouperbest swap: Snapper
H
- Haddockbest swap: Cod
- Hakebest swap: Cod
- Halibutbest swap: Cod
- Hokibest swap: Alaska pollock
I
- Imitation crabbest swap: Cooked shrimp, chopped
J
- John Dorybest swap: Sea bream, dorade or porgy
K
- Kamabokobest swap: Imitation crab sticks (kanikama)
- Kippersbest swap: Hot-smoked mackerel
- Kombubest swap: Nori
L
- Langoustinebest swap: Large shell-on prawns or shrimp (16/20 or 21/25 count)
- Lingcodbest swap: Halibut
- Lobsterbest swap: Monkfish
- Lobster basebest swap: Homemade shellfish shell stock
- Lumpfish caviarbest swap: Capelin roe (masago)
- Lutefiskbest swap: Gently poached fresh cod
M
- Mackerelbest swap: Sardines, fresh or tinned
- Mahi mahibest swap: Swordfish steaks
- Maldive fishbest swap: Bonito flakes (katsuobushi), crushed
- Masagobest swap: Tobiko (flying fish roe)
- Mentaikobest swap: Tarako plus chilli
- Monkfishbest swap: Lobster tail
- Musselsbest swap: Clams (littleneck or manila)
N
- Noribest swap: Soy paper (mamenori)
O
- Octopusbest swap: Cuttlefish
- Orange roughybest swap: Tilapia
- Oystersbest swap: Canned or jarred shucked oysters, with their liquor
P
- Paichebest swap: Halibut
- Perchbest swap: Walleye
- Periwinkles (isam)best swap: Cockles (fresh, frozen or canned)
- Pickled herringbest swap: Jarred pickled mackerel or sprats
- Pikebest swap: Walleye or pikeperch (sander)
- Plaicebest swap: Flounder
- Pollockbest swap: Cod
- Pompanobest swap: Amberjack, trevally or permit (the jack family)
- Porgybest swap: Sea bream, dorade or orata
R
- Red snapperbest swap: Other snapper species: yellowtail, lane, vermilion or mangrove
- Rockfishbest swap: Red snapper
S
- Salmonbest swap: Trout
- Salmon roebest swap: Trout roe
- Salt codbest swap: Fresh cod home-salted for 24 to 48 hours
- Salted fishbest swap: Dried anchovies (ikan bilis)
- Salted shrimp (saeujeot)best swap: Fish sauce (or Korean anchovy sauce, myeolchi-jeot)
- Scallopsbest swap: Shrimp
- Sea bassbest swap: Cod
- Sea breambest swap: Porgy or scup
- Seafood stockbest swap: Fish stock
- Shrimpbest swap: Crab
- Shrimp chipsbest swap: Puffed rice paper
- Shrimp pastebest swap: Fish sauce
- Skatebest swap: Sea scallops
- Smoked dried fishbest swap: Hot-smoked mackerel fillets
- Smoked haddockbest swap: Smoked cod or smoked pollock
- Smoked herringbest swap: Kippers
- Smoked mackerelbest swap: Hot-smoked trout
- Smoked oystersbest swap: Tinned smoked mussels
- Smoked troutbest swap: Hot-smoked salmon
- Smoked whitefishbest swap: Hot-smoked trout
- Sockeye salmonbest swap: Coho (silver) salmon
- Solebest swap: Flounder
- Solomon gundybest swap: Homemade smoked mackerel or smoked herring pate
- Spratsbest swap: Tinned sardines in oil
- Squid inkbest swap: Anchovy paste or fish sauce plus a colouring agent
- Steelhead troutbest swap: Farmed Atlantic salmon
- Stockfishbest swap: Salt cod (bacalao, Bacalhau), well soaked
- Striped bassbest swap: Hybrid striped bass
- Swaibest swap: Tilapia
- Swordfishbest swap: Tuna steaks (ahi or yellowfin)
T
- Terasibest swap: Belacan (Malaysian shrimp paste block)
- Tilapiabest swap: Catfish fillets
- Tinapa (smoked fish)best swap: Hot-smoked mackerel
- Tobikobest swap: Masago (capelin roe)
- Troutbest swap: Arctic char
- Tunabest swap: Salmon
- Turbotbest swap: Brill
- Tuyo (dried salted fish)best swap: Salt cod (bacalao)
U
- Unagibest swap: Broiled mackerel (saba kabayaki style)
- Unibest swap: Egg yolk plus bottarga or anchovy, plus butter
W
- Wakamebest swap: Nori sheets, torn or snipped
- Walleyebest swap: Yellow perch
- White fishbest swap: Cod, haddock or hake (the default)
- Whitingbest swap: Hake or silver hake
- Wolffishbest swap: Monkfish
Y
- Yellowtailbest swap: Kanpachi (greater amberjack)

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