19 Keto Seafood Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less

Seafood is the fastest protein category in keto cooking. Shrimp takes five minutes, salmon around ten, and scallops less than that. These 19 recipes cover the full range: garlic butter shrimp, air fryer salmon, a proper crab cake, and even sushi made without rice. All low carb, most done before the oven has finished preheating.

19 Recipes
2.8g Avg Net Carbs
5–35 Minutes
4.6 Avg Rating (130 reviews)

Shrimp

Five minutes in a screaming hot pan. That is the shrimp equation. These six recipes span grilling, roasting, and pan-saucing so no two weeknights taste the same.

1 a wooden spoon holding shrimp with tails on

Garlic Butter Shrimp

4.5 (4 ratings)

Ten minutes. Four five-star reviews. The garlic butter clings to every piece and there is nothing subtle about it.

15 min 2.2g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe
2 A dinner bowl with a helping of paprika shrimp next to cauliflower rice and salt and pepper mills.

Creamy Garlic Paprika Shrimp

4.6 (7 ratings)

Creamy paprika sauce, nearly 39 grams of protein, and under four net carbs. The sauce is thick enough to eat with a spoon (I have done this).

35 min 3.6g net carbs 6 servings
View Recipe
3 close up of grilled shrimp

Keto Grilled Firecracker Shrimp

4.4 (7 ratings)

Grilled on skewers with a sweet-hot firecracker glaze. Under two net carbs and close to 49 grams of protein. The char marks matter.

42 min 1.8g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe
4 shrimp on top of a salad with bursting tomatoes and cilantro

Sheet Pan Shrimp

4.8 (5 ratings)

One pan. Shrimp plus vegetables, all roasted together. Seven and a half net carbs, complete meal, one thing to wash.

18 min 7.6g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe
6 a bowl of shrimp fried cauliflower rice with a fork next to it

Keto Shrimp Fried Rice

4.4 (9 ratings)

Cauliflower fried rice stands in for white rice here. The texture is close, the soy and sesame carry it, and six net carbs keeps it well within keto range.

10 min 6.4g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe

Salmon and Fish

Air fryer salmon is the weeknight workhorse. Cod and rockfish show up when I want something lighter or when I have company over and want to look like I tried harder than I did.

7 yummy bacon wrapped cod

Bacon Wrapped Cod

4.7 (19 ratings)

Cod wrapped in bacon, then baked until the bacon crisps. Zero net carbs. Seven five-star reviews. The bacon does real structural work here, not just flavor.

15 min 0g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe
8 keto salmon on a plate next to cauliflower rice and green vegetables

Air Fryer Salmon

5 (3 ratings)

Air fryer salmon with skin that actually crisps. One-point-three net carbs. The skin is the part I used to skip. Not anymore.

15 min 1.3g net carbs 2 servings
View Recipe
9 juicy grilled salmon on a dinner plate with asparagus

Easy Grilled Salmon

5 (3 ratings)

Grilled salmon. Ten minutes. Light, flaky, nothing complicated. Sometimes that is the right answer.

10 min 1.3g net carbs 2 servings
View Recipe
10 cheesy baked cod fish in a casserole dish topped with tomatoes

Fiesta Baked Cod

4.6 (5 ratings)

Fiesta seasoning over mild cod, then baked. Three net carbs, 18 grams of protein. Two five-star reviews. The seasoning blend does the heavy lifting on a naturally bland fish.

12 min 3g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe

Sushi and Bowls

Cauliflower rice and cucumber wraps handle sushi night without the carb hit. Lighter meals, still satisfying.

12 Chopsticks holding a cucumber wrapped sushi roll filled with salmon, cream cheese and avocado and topped with black sesame seeds.

Naruto Roll

4.5 (4 ratings)

Cucumber strips replace the nori-and-rice roll here. Five-point-four net carbs, 4.7 stars across seven reviews. The first keto sushi method that held together and tasted right.

15 min 5.4g net carbs 2 servings
View Recipe
13 a plate with poke over rice and topped with sriracha sauce

Poke Bowl

4.7 (3 ratings)

Fresh tuna, soy, sesame, a little heat, over cauliflower rice. Three-point-four net carbs. Hawaiian flavors, no cooking required for the fish.

5 min 3.4g net carbs 1 servings
View Recipe
14 Metal chopsticks holding a california roll filled with crab, cucumber and avocado.

Keto Sushi

4.1 (15 ratings)

Cauliflower rice sushi, made at home. Under five net carbs. A weekend project, not a Tuesday night shortcut, but worth the effort.

25 min 4.8g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe
15 a plate of juicy scallops dredge in a garliky cream sauce

Air Fryer Scallops

4.9 (9 ratings)

Air fryer scallops, golden on both sides, ten minutes. Three-point-five net carbs. The hardest part is not overcooking them (the air fryer makes that much easier).

15 min 3.5g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe

Breakfast and Appetizers

Seafood outside the dinner slot. Smoked salmon in the morning, crab cakes for a party, shrimp grits on a slow Sunday.

16 fluffy scrambled eggs in a skillet covered with dried dill

Smoked Salmon Breakfast Scramble

4.7 (3 ratings)

Smoked salmon, eggs, and cream cheese scrambled together. Under one net carb, nearly 25 grams of protein. Two five-star reviews. Weekend breakfast energy on a Tuesday.

4 min 0.8g net carbs 1 servings
View Recipe
17 close up of a cucumber bite topped with salmon and cream cheese

Salmon Cucumber Bites

4.8 (6 ratings)

Cucumber rounds topped with cream cheese and smoked salmon. Point-six net carbs. No cooking. Assembles in five minutes and looks like you planned ahead.

5 min 0.6g net carbs 12 servings
View Recipe
18 looking onto a large bowl of shrimp and grit sprinkled with black pepper and herbs

Keto Shrimp and Grits

4.8 (6 ratings)

Shrimp over cheesy cauliflower grits. Four-point-five net carbs, 24 grams of protein. Southern in spirit. The cauliflower grits are convincing enough that I stopped missing the real thing.

30 min 4.5g net carbs 4 servings
View Recipe
19 Close up of a crab cake made with fresh crab and topped with green onions.

Keto Crab Cakes

5 (3 ratings)

Crab cakes with barely any filler. Half a gram of net carbs. Four five-star reviews. Almost all crab, which is the only way they should be made.

14 min 0.5g net carbs 6 servings
View Recipe

More Seafood Recipes

1 more recipes from the collection.