Veracruz Style Tilapia Recipes

ABUELO'S TILAPIA VERACRUZ

Steps:

• Season 2 Tilapia filets with Lawry's seasoned salt.
• Place 1 tablespoon clarified butter in sauté pan.
• Preheat pan over medium flame.
• Place Tilapia filets in sauté pan with the skin side facing up.
• Sauté for 1 minute.
• Turn filets and place in oven at 400F for 2 minutes to finish.
• Prepare Veracruz sauce and ladle sauce over fish, leaving the ends of the fish exposed.
• For the sauce:.
• Heat butter over medium heat.
• Add garlic, scallops and shrimp.
• Saute for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes, poblano strips and seasoning. Continue cooking for 30 seconds.
• Add white wine to mixture and reduce.
• Add Bloody Mary Mix, chile guero and olives. Continue cooking for 1 minute.
• Remove from flame and pour over fish.
• Note: Make sure the edges of the fish are not covered with sauce. Sauce should be bright and loose, not thick and dry.

VERACRUZ-STYLE TILAPIA ("PESCADO A LA VERACRUZANA")

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Season the fish fillets on both sides with salt and black pepper, to taste. Saute the fillets until they are opaque and just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the fish to a glass baking dish where they fit snugly.
• In the same saute pan, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, Anaheim chile, bay leaf and oregano and bring the pan to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and let the sauce simmer until the chiles soften, about 6 minutes. Uncover the pan, add the olives and capers, and cook until the flavors combine, about 4 minutes. Season the sauce with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Pour the sauce over the fish in the baking dish. Bake until the fish is heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven, discard the bay leaf and serve.

VERACRUZ STYLE TILAPIA

Steps:

• Prepare the broiler by coating the pan with cooking spray.
• Coat the fish fillets completely wih cooking spray.
• Combine the cumin salt and pepper and sprinkle all over the fish.
• The fillets will cook 5 minutes on each side (watch caefully if your fillets are thin).
• While fish broils, combine the remaining ingredients to make the salsa.
• Serve the fillets with 1/2 cup of salsa.
• When spliting the recipe for 2 I will make the entire salsa portion and freeze it for future use, this recipe is also wonderful with lean pork chops.