Rachael Rays Tilapia With Tomatillo Sauce Recipes

TILAPIA WITH BALSAMIC BROWNED BUTTER AND CREAMY FARFALLE WITH BACON, TOMATO AND PEAS

Steps:

• Heat a pot of water to a boil, salt the water and cook pasta to al dente.
• Heat a deep large skillet with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high heat. Add bacon and crisp 3 to 4 minutes. Add onions, garlic, bay leaf and mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and cook until tender but not browned, 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, crush them up with a wooden spoon and simmer 15 minutes on low heat.
• Season the fish with salt and pepper. Dust fish with flour and shake off excess.
• Heat 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook fish 4 minutes on each side.
• While fish cooks, stir peas into sauce, return to bubble and stir in mascarpone cheese. Adjust seasoning.
• Remove fish from skillet to a platter and cover loosely with foil to keep warm. Reduce heat to medium and add butter to pan. Brown butter, 2 to 3 minutes, stir in balsamic and simmer 1 to 2 minutes to reduce by half. Pour the brown butter and vinegar over fish.
• Drain pasta, toss with sauce and wilt basil into pasta.
• Serve fish with pasta alongside.

TILAPIA WITH TOMATILLOS AND AVOCADO FILLED WITH MAQUE CHOUX

Steps:

• Season fish with salt, pepper, cumin, paprika. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil, 1 turn of the pan. Heat an ovenproof serving plate in a warm oven. Saute fish 3 minutes on each side or until opaque. Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lime over the fish and carefully slide the fillets onto warm platter. Cover the fish to keep it warm. Return pan to heat and add remaining tablespoon of oil, 1 turn of the pan. Over medium high heat, quickly saute the red onion, jalapeno and the garlic. Saute a minute or so, add the diced tomatillos with seeds and juices. Season mixture with coarse salt and saute the mixture of vegetables 5 minutes.
• Once you get your sauce working, get a second skillet hot over moderate heat for your maque choux. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil (1 turn of the pan,) chopped onion, jalapeno and red bell pepper. Saute 2 or 3 minutes. Working on a plate to catch the milky juices, scrape corn off the cob. Break up the kernels and pour into the skillet. Combine corn with peppers and onions. Season with a sprinkle of sugar, a dash of cayenne pepper and salt. When mixture bubbles, reduce heat to simmer. Cut butter into pieces and stir into corn mixture. Allow mixture to simmer and cook until creamy, 5 to 7 minutes.
• While corn is working, go back to your sauce for the fish. Add the beer and the juice of 1/2 lime and cilantro to the pan. Simmer sauce 5 minutes longer, then spoon hot sauce down over the fish filets. Garnish platter with a few extra sprigs of the cilantro.
• Cut avocados in 1/2 lengthwise and remove pits. Squeeze lime juice over the avocados to keep them from browning and season them with a little coarse salt. Arrange on the serving plate.
• To serve, fill the avocados with maque choux, allowing the corn to spill down and over the sides of the avocado onto the serving platter. The ripe avocado is spooned away from its skin with bites of creamy, warm corn and peppers. Place the avocados alongside garnished fish and enjoy with lime sorbet topped with raspberries and Grand Marnier.

RACHAEL RAY'S TILAPIA WITH TOMATILLO SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the tilapia on both sides with salt, pepper, cumin and paprika.
• Preheat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the hot skillet and saute tilapia 3 minutes on each side, turning carefully with a thin spatula.
• Squeeze the juice of half the lime over the fish, and transfer fillets to a warm serving platter.
• Return the skillet to the stove over medium-high heat.
• Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, red oniion, jalapeno and garlic, and saute 1 or 2 minutes, then add the tomatillos.
• Season with salt and pepper and saute another 1 or 2 minutes.
• Add the beer and the juice of the remaining lime half, and bring the sauce to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer 5 minutes.
• Add cilantro, and adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon hot tomatillo sauce over the fish and garnish with sprigs of cilantro.
• Serve with recipe #112774, if desired.