Chinese American / Cantonese Recipe

Seafood Delight

Seafood delight is a mixed-seafood and vegetable dish in a light white or brown sauce, usually combining shrimp, scallops, crab, lobster-style seafood, squid, or fish.

Recipe at a glance

PurposeAdditional Chinese restaurant menu recipe family
Cuisine or formatChinese American / Cantonese
Consolidation ruleClosely related menu names are treated as one recipe family when the sauce, technique, or format is the same.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb mixed seafood
  • 3 cups vegetables such as snow peas, broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, and baby corn
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster or mushroom sauce
  • 1 cup stock
  • White pepper
  • Cornstarch slurry
  • Neutral oil

Method

  1. Prepare seafood in pieces of similar cooking size.
  2. Stir-fry seafood briefly and remove.
  3. Cook garlic, ginger, and vegetables.
  4. Add stock and seasonings.
  5. Return seafood.
  6. Thicken lightly.
  7. Serve with rice.

Menu-literacy notes

  • Seafood delight is a mixed-seafood entree, not one fixed seafood combination.
  • Shellfish cross-contact is unavoidable in many versions.
  • The sauce should remain light enough to show the seafood.

Menu appearances covered by this recipe

  • Seafood Delight
  • Seafood Combination
  • Seafood Supreme
  • Seafood with Mixed Vegetables

Variations and substitutions

  • Adjust protein, vegetables, and heat level only when the core technique and sauce remain recognizable.
  • For allergies or religious dietary needs, check sauces, broth, wrappers, cooking wine, nuts, sesame, shellfish, and shared wok or fryer use.
  • For restaurant-style versions, texture matters as much as flavor: fried items should stay crisp, noodles should not become mushy, and sauces should coat rather than flood the dish.

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