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Clambake - the best clambake recipe with clams and shellfish cooked on a stove top using a skillet. Traditional clambake made easy for summer parties.
Clambake Recipe
What is a clambake? Clambake is an all-American seafood dish for summer, just like shrimp boil, seafood boil, crawfish boil, and Old Bay shrimp.
A traditional clambake is a major party at the beach that involves a bonfire, heated rocks, seaweed and a large wet tarpaulin to steam the ingredients.
Today, I am sharing an easy clambake recipe with you. It’s no-fuss, quick and fast, using a skillet and cooked on a stove top. You can turn my recipe into a summer backyard clambake by cooking this dish on a gas grill.
Ingredients For Clambake
My recipe calls for simple and easy-to-get ingredients:
- Shrimp
- Clams
- Mussels
- Corns
- Potatoes
- Lobster. It’s optional but you can use lobster and make the recipe into clam and lobster bake.
- Beer. You can skip beer and substitute it with water.
Other optional ingredients are smoked sausages and seaweed. My recipe is purely shellfish.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Frequently Asked Questions
I love the savory, briny and delicious broth of this dish. Sop it up with bread and dip the fresh cooked shellfish in melted butter.
For the bread, I recommend skillet garlic bread or sliced homemade baguette.
Throw a fun party enjoying clambake with your friends and family. Serve it with refreshing summer drinks and libations such as coconut water lemonade.
This clambake recipe is only 322 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Clambake
This meal is best served with other summer recipes. For backyard party and summer entertaining, I recommend the following recipes.
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Easy Clambake
Ingredients
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1/2 lb (250g) shrimp, shell-on and deveined
- 1/2 lb (250g) clams
- 1/2 lb (250g) mussels, scrubbed and breaded
- 8 oz (230g) small red potatoes
- 1 ear fresh corn, shucked and cut into 4 pieces
- 1/4 cup beer , or white wine
- 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning
- 3 dashes ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
- melted butter , for dipping
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Par-boil the potatoes and corn until they are cooked. Drain and set aside.
- Heat a cast-iron skillet on the stovetop. Add the melted butter and sauté the garlic. Then add the shrimp, clams, mussels, red potatoes, and corn.
- Add the beer or white wine, Cajun seasoning, and ground black pepper. Turn the heat to low, cover the skillet, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until all the shellfish are cooked.
- Add the parsley and stir to combine. Serve the clambake immediately with melted butter and lemon wedges.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
best one!
Dear Bee,
Can you explain to me what it means to ‘beard’ the mussels written in your recipe?
If I don’t have a skillet, can I replace it with a regular pot or a wok?
Thank you
Remove the hairy part sticking out of the fresh mussels. Yes, you can.
it is cool
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Thank you so much.
It’s worth effort to try this wanderful recipe. I love sea and seafood. I went to the beach every year and taste thoudsands of seafood. But I never had Cambake. It’s time to try something new. Hope it’s as good as you said!!
It’s great, you should try.
This entire post absolutely ROCKS. It’s worth effort to try this wanderful recipe. I love sea and seafood. I went to the beach every year and taste thoudsands of seafood. But I never had Cambake. It’s time to try something new. Hope it’s as good as you said!!
It sounds delicious and healthy with the combination of seafood. I will try to make this Clambake. Hope it turns out as good as you said.
Thanks, yes it’s very good.