Zesty Grilled Tilapia Recipes

BLACKENED GRILLED TILAPIA RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Preheat your grill on high for at least 5 minutes. Mix all of the seasonings in a bowl. Dip the tilapia fillets in melted butter and coat with seasonings. Place fillets on the grill and cook for 2 minutes on each side.

SPICY TILAPIA

Steps:

• Place fish in a glass pan and preheat oven to 350.
• Combine and melt the butter and lemon juice in the microwave, then pour over the fillets.
• Sprinkle the remaining ingredients (vary the amounts of each to your liking).
• Bake for 30 minutes.

SPICY GRILLED TILAPIA WITH CREAMY GRITS AND MUSHROOM SCALLION SAUCE

Steps:

• Mushroom Scallion Sauce: Melt butter in a large saute pan. Saute mushrooms and scallions for about 3 minutes. Stir in wine and heavy cream. Season with garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Stir until sauce thickens slightly. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Grits: Bring milk to a boil. Gradually whisk in grits, butter, salt, and pepper. Stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes until grits thicken to desired consistency. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Grilled Broccoli and Carrots: Heat grill to medium. Toss broccoli and carrots in olive oil and season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Grill vegetables for about 6 minutes or until tender, turning them once halfway through. If room allows, grill tilapia at same time.
• Tilapia: Heat grill to medium. Rinse and dry fillets and then rub with jerk seasoning. Grill tilapia for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove from heat.
• Plate entree by spooning grits on center of plate. Lay tilapia on top of grits. Lay the carrot slices on top of fish in a criss-cross manner and place broccoli stalk on the side of fish. Top with mushroom scallion sauce and serve immediately.

ZESTY GRILLED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Place the fish in a large nonmetal dish.
• Whisk together the 6 tablespoons oil, the orange zest, orange juice, ginger, hot sauce, salt, and pepper, to taste; pour over the fish.
• Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare grill.
• Brush the fish with additional oil.
• Grill until fish just flakes when tested with a fork, about 5 minutes per side for each inch of thickness.

SPICY GRILLED TILAPIA RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 200°C fan/180°C/ Gas 6/400°F. Lightly, grease a baking tray with vegetable or sunflower oil. Add the tilapia pieces to the tray and drizzle oil on top of each piece. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until dry and brown in colour.
• Meanwhile, add 1 can of plum tomato, 1 large chopped onion, 2-3 scotch bonnets, 2 chopped red bell peppers, and pulse for 2-3 times. The consistency should not be smooth.
• Once, the fish is ready remove it from the oven and set aside. Then, heat vegetable oil in a pan, add 1/2 of a sliced onion then pour in the tomato mixture and cook for 10-15 minutes on a medium heat.
• Next, season the sauce with 1 Knorr chicken stock seasoning cube, salt to taste, 2 tsp of tomato puree (optional) and stir. Then, cook on a low heat for 15-20 minutes.
• Then, add the grilled tilapia pieces to the sauce and cover each piece with the tomato sauce. Cook for another 10 minutes.
• Finally, add 1/2 of a thinly sliced onion, 1 thinly sliced red bell pepper and leave to simmer for 5-7 minutes. Garnish with fresh green herbs of your choice and enjoy!

GRILLED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Mix olive oil, lemon pepper, cumin, paprika, dried mustard, and garlic powder together in a small bowl. Brush each tilapia fillet with mixture using a pastry brush. Flip; brush the other side. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Spray a large piece of foil with cooking spray and place on the grill. Transfer tilapia onto the foil.
• Cook fillets on the preheated grill until they're easily flaked with a fork, about 5 minutes per side. Serve.