Signature Series: Seafood

Seafood is a healthy addition to any menu. As part of our ongoing Signature Series, we asked operators to share their favorite seafood recipes. Spice up your menus with these creative seafood recipes, that range from a curried tilapia in a pouch to a Donburi salmon rice bowl. 

Curried Tilapia in Vegetable Pouch - Carilion Hospital, Roanoke, Va. 

Prepare a tasty and healthy seafood recipe in under 30 minutes. With the fresh tilapia and premade vegetable medley, this dish is simple to prepare for a daily special or dinner option.

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Catfish Dijonnaise - Gunderson Medical Center, La Crosse, Wis.

“This recipe was created for a new cafeteria menu cycle,” says Thomas Sacksteder, executive chef at Gunderson. “We were determined to use sustainable ingredients, so we selected farm-raised catfish. It quickly became a customer favorite. It’s a signature of ours both from the ingredient combination and the method of preparation. We try to use as many local, fresh and sustainable products as possible.”

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Donburi Salmon Rice Bowl - University of Illinois, Champaign

This dish was served at the university’s EatSmart event this fall and quickly became a favorite of students because of how it’s prepared. Chef SooHwa Yu, who created the dish, cooks the salmon using a butane torch. Despite its popularity, this dish understandably is a signature only at outdoor events, says Chris Henning, senior assistant director of Dining Services.

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Chipotle Shrimp Taco with Avocado - University of Richmond

The sustainability of the seafood and students’ love of tacos make this a popular dish on the Richmond campus, according to Executive Chef Glenn Pruden.

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Orange-Scented Salmon with Jasmine Rice - Chef Barton Seaver, National Geographic fellow

This is one of several rotating dishes offered in Sodexo’s newest promotional series: In My Kitchen. The program invites celebrity chefs to create dishes that fit a particular theme. This is part of the Close To Home theme currently running at a number of Sodexo accounts across most market sectors.

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