Several weeks ago, I posted a recipe for a Halibut dish my girlfriend, Lise, made at one of our Book Groups she hosted. If 
you missed it, here’s a link to check it out.
http://alasandy.com/2009/09/30/try-lises-easy-delicious-fish-dish-just-for-the-halibut/
It’s a delicious, Indian inspired, dish, made with garam masala, lemongrass and coconut milk – one of my favorite fish recipes ever!
Lise has a gift for cooking fish. The Book Group she hosted the time before last, she made Tilapia, loaded with fresh cilantro and lemon and ginger – It was also fantastic. I love Tilapia for a couple reasons….it’s a firm whitefish that doesn’t taste fishy at all..AND it’s cheap! Usually 1/3 the cost of tuna and salmon!
I made Lise’s recipe for Tilapia few weeks ago – I served it with a little quinoa and some tempura veggies. It has a Latin kick to it and it’s easy, inexpensive and delicious! I hope you like it! Cheers!
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- tilapia and sauce ingredients
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- place in glass baking dish
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- saute cilantro,lemon zest, onions and ginger
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- cover filets with the sauce
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- cover with foil and bake
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- tilapia & tempura
Lise’s Amazing Talapia
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
2 Tilapia filets
1 handful of cilantro, chopped
1 garlic clove – minced
3 green onions sliced
2 tablespoons chopped ginger
1 lemon - juiced
2 teaspoons lemon rind, zested
1/4 cup Soy sauce
1/4 cup Canola oil
3 tablespoons Sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon cumin
salt pepper to taste
1/2 cup or so of water
Rinse the Tilapia filets, pat dry and set aside in a baking dish.
Saute LIGHTLY, the cilantro, garlic, ginger, green onion, lemon rind in the Canola and Sesame oils. Add the Soy sauce, cumin, lemon juice, dash of salt and pepper. Add water Pour 1/2 the mixture over the fish, cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees.
Remove from the oven and plate – pour the remaining sauce over the filets for serving. Cheers!
Sandy…thank you! I just received a huge bunch of cilantro in my “magical box” (organic produce delivery) and had no idea what to do with it (other than salsa, of course…but there’s only so much of that you can make…)! Will try this tonight.
I love tilapia, so I’ll have to try this!
The hubby & I have been eating a lot of tilapia lately, I will have to give this one a try. Or better yet have him give it a try… he cooks the fish in this house
That looks yummy. I’ll have to try that next time I make tilapia….. (which will be when we finally get bored and freeze the rest of the turkey! LOL)