Couscousencrustedtilapia Recipes

COCONUT-CRUSTED TILAPIA (PALEO)

Steps:

• Heat coconut oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Mix unsweetened coconut, coconut flour, and salt together on a plate.
• Brush egg over each tilapia fillet. Press each fillet into coconut mixture until evenly coated. Gently toss between your hands so any coconut that hasn't stuck can fall away. Place the coated fillets onto a plate while breading the rest; do not stack.
• Fry fillets in the hot oil until golden brown and fish flakes easily with a fork, 5 to 7 minutes per side.

COCONUT CRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• mix coconut with spices of your choice. curry goes really well, but anything you like would work.
• dip fish in milk.
• coat with coconut mixture.
• heat oil in a large skillet over med-high heat.
• add fish and cook about 4 minutes on each side.
• squeeze lime juice over the top.

PECAN-COCONUT CRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, whisk eggs. In a separate shallow bowl, combine coconut, pecans, salt and pepper flakes. Dip fillets in eggs, then in coconut mixture, patting to help coating adhere., In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. In batches, add tilapia and cook until fish is lightly browned and just begins to flake easily with a fork, 2-3 minutes on each side.

CASHEW ENCRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F, line a baking sheet with foil and spray non-stick spray.
• If using whole cashews, pulse in a blender or food processor until crushed.
• Mix the cashews with the bread crumbs, set aside. Mix the milk and eggs and beat together in a medium bowl, set aside. Mix about 1 tsp each of both salt and pepper into the flour, set aside.
• Prepare an assembly line with the three mixtures by putting flour mixture into a shallow plate, and the bread-cashew mixture in another shallow plate.
• Work the fillets one at a time by flouring each of the fillets and shaking off the excess. Proceed to submerge the floured fillet into the eggs and then covering with the bread crumb-nut mixture; repeat with the remaining fillets.
• Place crusted fillets on baking sheet at least an inch apart. Insert into oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Eat fresh.

TILAPIA BAKED IN COUSCOUS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine the couscous, almonds, sun-dried tomatoes, onion and cumin and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the 1/4 cup olive oil and the lemon juice.
• Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Arrange the tilapia fillets in a single layer in the dish, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cover the fish with the couscous mixture and arrange the lemon slices on top. Pour 2½ cups water around the fish, cover with foil and bake until tender, about 25 minutes. Top with the parsley.

COCONUT CRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Place foil on a baking sheet and spray with non-stick spray.
• Combine coconut, bread crumbs, and crackers in a bowl. Put egg whites in another bowl.
• Dip the tilapia in the egg, then in the coconut crumb mixture. Place them on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until tilapia is done. (Check tilapia at about 15 minutes so it won't burn.)

COUSCOUS ENCRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Stir together sun-dried tomatoes, red peppers, olives, pine nuts, olive oil, parsley, salt& pepper& couscous.
• Place tilapia in a single layer in a baking dish and drizzle with wine, salt& pepper.
• Spread couscous mixture over the top of the fish, filling in the whole dish.
• Pour the water over the entire thing, being careful not to disturb the couscous.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.