Leslies Golden Tilapia Recipes

GOLDEN TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a dry skillet, toast the peppercorn and clove over medium heat until puffs of smoke begin to appear, about 1 minute. Transfer to a mortar and crush roughly.
• In a small saucepan, simmer sugar, soy sauce, rum, lemon zest, and lemon juice over medium heat. Add the peppercorn/clove mixture, ginger, and garlic powder, and reduce by half.
• Remove from heat, strain and let cool.
• Place the fish fillets in the cooled marinade and let sit for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat a skillet on medium high heat. Remove the fish from the marinade. Season the fillet with salt and pepper. Place the marinade in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, and remove from the heat. Add the oil to the skillet, and saute the fillets for 2 minutes on each side. Divide the julienned vegetables into two piles on a baking pan. Place fillets on the vegetable beds and finish in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes or until done.
• Brush marinade on finished fish. Serve with vegetables as soon as possible.

GOLDEN TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a dry skillet, toast the peppercorn and clove over medium heat until puffs of smoke begin to appear, about 1 minute. Transfer to a mortar and crush roughly.
• In a small saucepan, simmer sugar, soy sauce, rum, lemon zest, and lemon juice over medium heat. Add the peppercorn/clove mixture, ginger, and garlic powder, and reduce by half.
• Remove from heat, strain and let cool.
• Place the fish fillets in the cooled marinade and let sit for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat a skillet on medium high heat. Remove the fish from the marinade. Season the fillet with salt and pepper. Place the marinade in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, and remove from the heat. Add the oil to the skillet, and saute the fillets for 2 minutes on each side. Divide the julienned vegetables into two piles on a baking pan. Place fillets on the vegetable beds and finish in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes or until done.
• Brush marinade on finished fish. Serve with vegetables as soon as possible.

GOLDEN TILAPIA

Steps:

• Simmer in a saucepan over medium heat the sugar, soy sauce, water, lemon zest and lemon juice.
• Add the ginger, garlic, and pepper and cook until the sauce is reduced by half.
• Allow the sauce to cool and then marinade the fillets in 1/2 of the sauce for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. Reserve the remaining sauce.
• Remove fillets from the marinade. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Heat skillet to medium high. Add oil to skillet and saute the fillets for about two minutes on each side until golden brown.
• Reheat the reserved sauce.
• Place fillets on baking dish or cookie sheet and finish in oven for 5-7 minutes or until done.
• Serve with reserved sauce.

LEMON BUTTER BAKED TILAPIA RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (204 degrees C).
• Cut the lemon in half. Juice and zest one half (you should get about 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest). Slice the other half into thin slices.

LESLIE'S GOLDEN TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a dry skillet, toast peppercorn over medium heat until puffs of smoke begin to appear - about 1 minute. Transfer to a mortar and crush roughly. In a small saucepan, simmer sugar, soy sauce, run, lemon zest and lemon juice over medium heat. Add the peppercorns, ginger and garlic and REDUCE of half. Remove from heat, strain and let cool. Place the fish filets in the cooled marinade and let sit for 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Remove the fish from the marinade. Season the filet with salt and pepper. Place the remaining marinade in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Heat a skillet on medium high heat. Add the oil to the skillet and saute the fillets for 2 minutes on each side. Divide the julienned vegetables into 2 plies on a baking pan or glass dish. Place filets on the vegetable beds. Bake fish in the oven for 5-7 minutes or until done. Brush marinated on finished fish. Serve with vegetables as soon as possible.

TILAPIA FETA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add spinach to skillet; cook and stir until spinach is wilted and cooked down, 5 more minutes. Stir olives, feta cheese, lemon rind, salt, oregano, and white pepper into spinach. Cook until feta cheese has melted and flavors have blended, about 5 more minutes.
• Spread spinach mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange tilapia fillets over spinach mixture. Mix butter and lemon juice in a small bowl and drizzle over fish; sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake fish in the preheated oven until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily, 20 to 25 minutes.