Spicy Orange Tilapia Food

ORANGE TILAPIA

Steps:

• Pour 1 1/2 cups orange juice into a resealable plastic bag. Add tilapia fillets, coat with the juice, squeeze bag to remove excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator 3 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Whisk butter, panko bread crumbs, 3 tablespoons orange juice, garlic, and basil together in a bowl.
• Remove tilapia from the orange juice and shake to remove excess liquid; arrange fillets in a 13x9-inch baking dish. Discard marinade.
• Pour 1/2 cup orange juice over the tilapia fillets. Spread butter mixture over the top of the filets to cover each completely.
• Bake in preheated oven until the liquid is bubbling and the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 15 minutes.

ORANGE TILAPIA IN PARCHMENT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a small bowl, combine first 5 ingredients; set aside. Cut parchment or heavy-duty foil into four 18x12-in. lengths; place a fish fillet on each. Top with carrot and zucchini; drizzle with orange juice mixture., Fold parchment over fish. Working from bottom inside corner, fold up about 3/4 in. of the paper and crimp both layers to seal. Repeat, folding edges up and crimping, until a half-moon-shaped packet is formed. Repeat for remaining packets. Place on baking sheets., Bake until fish flakes easily with a fork, 12-15 minutes. Open packets carefully to allow steam to escape.

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.

TILAPIA WITH CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• Place milk in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Dip fish in milk, then coat with flour mixture., Spray fillets with cooking spray. In a large nonstick skillet, cook fish over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove and keep warm., In the same pan, saute garlic in butter and oil for 1 minute. Add the lemon, lime and orange slices, juices and onions; cook 1 minute longer. Serve with fish.

SPICY ORANGE TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and pepper. Coat the tilapia fillets in the flour mixture, shaking off any excess.
• In a large skillet over moderately high heat, heat 2 tablespoon of the oil until hot but not smoking. Carefully add the fillets and cook for 3 minutes. Flip the fillets and continue cooking until firm to the touch, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a platter and cover to keep warm.
• Wipe the pan clean, add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, and place over moderate heat. Add the onion and sauté, stirring frequently, until tender, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, ginger, and sriracha and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the butter, then remove the sauce from the heat, spoon over the tilapia, and serve immediately.

SPICY ORANGE TILAPIA

Steps:

• Combine flour and pepper and salt. Cover tilapia filets in flour mix - there is no wash, so only a light layer will stick.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large pan. Cook floured tilapia in olive oil, about 2 or 3 minutes on each side, until firm to the touch. Remove tilapia from pan and cover to keep warm.
• Wipe the pan clean and add the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add the onion and saute in pan until almost cooked, 6-8 minutes. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, ginger, sriracha and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the butter and remove the sauce from the heat. Spoon over the tilapia and serve.

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.

PAN-SEARED 5-SPICE TILAPIA W/ HOT-ORANGE-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• PREPARE HOT ORANGE-GINGER SAUCE:.
• Whisk marmalade, orange juice, vinegar, gingerroot, and pepper flakes together in small bowl.
• Saute garlic in saucepan with oil over med-hi heat for 30 seconds.
• Add marmalade mixture and simmer, stirring continuously, until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt.
• PREPARE FIVE-SPICE POWDER:.
• Grind all your spices, until it is all blended together.
• Makes 1/4 cup of powder - will keep for several months in an airtight container.
• PREPARE TILAPIA:.
• Mix five-spice powder, salt and cayenne pepper with 2 T oil in small bowl.
• Pat fillets dry; brush both sides with spice mixture.
• Heat remaining 1 T oil in large nonstick skillet over med-hi het until skillet is lightly smoking.
• Add fillets; saute 3 minutes on each side.
• Sprinkle with scallions.
• Serve with Hot Orange-Ginger Sauce & vegetable fried rice.
• Enjoy.

BAKED TILAPIA WITH LOTS OF SPICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• In a small bowl combine the spices from the salt through the Italian seasoning and set it aside.
• In a shallow container mix the bread crumbs, dried parsley, and green onions.
• Measure 4 tsp of the spice mix and sprinkle that all over the 4 fish fillets.
• Add the remaining spice mix to the bread crumbs, mixing well. Add the olive oil to the bread crumb mix, blending it in with your hands.
• Dredge the fish in the breadcrumbs, coating well.
• Shake off any excess breadcrumbs.
• Place the fish on a baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
• Bake for 6 minutes.
• Turn over and bake for 4 minutes.
• Turn over again and bake until flaky, about 4 more minutes.
• Serve immediately.