Fish Sandwich

By Food & Wine

Updated January 17, 2017

Credit: © Tina Rupp

From a fried catfish sandwich with chipotle-honey mayo to a salmon club sandwich, these recipes will inspire you to try fish in your next sandwich.

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Salmon Sandwiches with Bacon and Apple-Horseradish Mayo

Credit: © Eva Kolenko

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Mayonnaise spiked with Granny Smith apple and jarred horseradish is the secret to these fantastic salmon sandwiches.

Grilled Salmon Salad with Miso Vinaigrette

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Open-Face Smoked-Mackerel Sandwiches

Credit: © Marie Hennechart

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Turks call these sandwiches balik ekmek and make them with grilled fish--like mackerel--from the Bosphorus. For his version, Mehmet Gurs spreads grilled bread with a creamy roasted-garlic puree and tops it with smoked mackerel, arugula and slices of red onion and tomato.

Smoked Mackerel Salad with Crunchy Vegetables

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Fish Kofta Sandwiches

Credit: © Adrian Gaut

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Chopped fresh cod is mixed with lots of seasonings and aromatics and formed into a sausage shape before grilling for a supertasty take on the Middle Eastern classic skewered meat patties.

Ten-Minute Smoked Salmon with Avocado-Radish Salad

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Catfish Po'Boys with Pickle Remoulade

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Jay Foster of San Francisco's Farmerbrown's Little Skillet does brisk business in these fried-fish sandwiches at Outside Lands music festival.

Jerk Catfish

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Crispy Fish Sandwiches with Herb Remoulade

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Grilling the fish and making a sauce with fat-free fromage blanc (a fresh, spoonable cheese) keeps the calorie count down in this variation on the classic fried fish-shack sandwich. While any white fish will work well here, catfish is a sustainable choice and a great source of vitamin B12.

Tahini Remoulade

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Sweet and Spicy Catfish Sandwiches

Credit: © Kana Okada

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These fantastic sandwiches--filled with moist, sweetly glazed catfish, a spicy sambal mayonnaise, crunchy cucumbers and cilantro--are usually made with marinated catfish and garlic butter.

Indonesian-Spiced Peanut Sauce

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Fried Catfish Sandwiches with Chipotle-Honey Mayo

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Some of the freshest catfish in the Delta is sold from right out of the backs of pickup trucks.

Fried-Catfish Sandwiches with Spicy Mayonnaise

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Tilapia Po’Boy Sandwich with Chipotle Aioli

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A fast and easy-prep chipotle mayo gives this crispy fish sandwich a flavor boost.

Tater Tots with Spicy Aioli

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Salmon Club Sandwiches

Credit: Kana Okada

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Charles Dale makes this healthy club sandwich with omega-3-rich salmon grilled in a lightly sweet, tangy tamarind sauce. The extra sauce here can be refrigerated for up to 1 week and is delicious on chicken or pork chops.

Meat Loaf Club Sandwiches

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Fried-Fish Sandwiches with Jalapeño-Spiked Tomatoes

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"These should look much too big to eat with your bare hands," says Alex Aguilera about his crispy fish sandwiches.

Jalapeño-Roasted Potatoes

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