Delicious Tilapia recipies
During these trying times many of us try to save a little money by eating in more and we can all need some extra insperation in finding suitable cheap recipies. Below you will find two of my favourite wintertime fish dishes. Both recipes have been choosen and developed to work great with Tilapia fish; a cheap alternative that can be found frozen in most areas around the world, you will likely find tilapia in your local supermarket.
I hope you will enjoy the recpies as much as I have!
Tilapia with spicy mango salsa
Salsa ingredients
- 1 mango (as ripe as possible)
- 1 ripe avocado
- 3 normal sized tomatoes
- 1 medium sized red onion
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 1 teaspoon salt (Ocean salt if possible but regular salt will do as well)
You will also need:
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of grated orange zest
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- Crushed red pepper flakes to taste
- Coarsely ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- 4 tilapia fillets
Directions
1.) Preheat the oven the oven to 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F.
2.) To do the mango salsa, start by peeling, seeding and dicing mango, avocado and tomatoes and place them in a glass bowl.
3.) Now take the red onion, cilantro and jalpeno, chop them into small pieces and mix them with the mango.
4.) Squeeze the juice of the lime into the bowl and add the zested peel as well.
5.) Now it is time to add the salt and ginger to the mix and make sure that everything is evenly distributed. Let the mix rest while you prepare the tilapia.
6.) Prepare the fish by placing olive oil, grated orange zest, and freshly squeezed orange juice in a shallow baking dish and combine well. Add salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste.
7.) Clean the tilapia fillets by rinsing them in water and then pat them dry.
Put the fillets in the baking dish while making sure you coat both sides with seasoning.
9.) Place in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, until you can easily flake the fish with a fork.
10.) Place the tilapias on serving plates and spoon plenty of mango salsa over each fillet.
Tips! This easy tilapia recipe can be served with basmanti rise or Indian rice to bring out that little extra out of the dish.
Pancho Villa tilapia
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 4 tilapia fillets (or about 400 grams of Tilapia)
- Green chilli peppers to taste
- 1 ounce of canned diced tomatoes (10 ounces or 250-300 grams)
- Fresh cilantro to taste
- 1 lime + 1 lime
Directions
1.) Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C / 350 degrees F.
2.) Use the olive oil to coat one side of four pieces of aluminium foil (each piece should be roughly 8×10 in or 20×25 cm).
3.) Put each fillet on a piece of kitchen foil.
4.) Pour the tomatoes in a bowl and add the green chilli to them after you seeded and chopped them.
5.) Mix the tomatoes and chille well and put the mixtures on the tilapia fillets.
6.) Mince the cilantro and juice one lime and pour everything on top of the tomato mixture. (If you are unsure of how much cilantro to use I recommend 4 tablespoons)
7.) Thinly slice the second lime and place two slices on top of each fillet.
8.) Wrap the foil pieces around the fillets so that the fillets become enclosed.
9.) Bake the fish in the oven until the tilapia can be easily flaked with a fork. This normally takes around 20 minutes if the oven is preheated.
Tips! If you like spices I recommend adding some chilli flakes to the tomato mixture.
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