Tilapia Italiano Food

ITALIAN BREADED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, and garlic powder in a quart size ziploc bag.
• Pour Italian dressing in a different quart size ziploc bag.'.
• Place tilapia, one piece at a time, into the bag with Italian dressing and shake.
• Then put in the bag with the breadcrumb mixture and shake.
• Repeat with other fillets. Mound any unused breading on top of fish.
• Bake in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes, until fish is done and topping is browned.

ITALIAN STYLE TILAPIA FILLETS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoon of oil and cook fennel and onion for about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and simmer for 4 minutes.
• Add broth, capers, oregano or italian herbs and cook for 3 to 4 minutes longer.
• Heat remaining oil in a skillet or on a grill. Cook tilapia fillets for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Season to taste with fennel and caper sauce.

ITALIAN STYLE BROILED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat your oven's broiler. Spray a broiling pan or aluminum foil with non stick cooking spray.
• In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.
• Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over, and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side, then Sprinkle with Old Bay Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork. Be careful not to over cook the fish.
• Wine Tip.

TILAPIA ITALIANO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Lightly spray a shallow baking dish with cooking spray (olive or canola).
• In a bowl, stir together oil, thyme, diced tomatoes, sliced olives, parsley, basil, chopped onions and lemon juice.
• In the prepared baking dish, arrange the fillets skin side down and season with salt.
• Spoon the tomato mixture over the fillets abundantly.
• Bake, uncovered, in the middle of the oven for about 15 or 20 minutes or until fish just flake.
• Garnish fish with lemon slices and fresh Thyme .
• Now comes the best part, sit down with your loved ones and enjoy !
• Hope you will go wild for this dish as my family did.
• You may want to serve this with risotto or tortellini .

ITALIAN TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place fillets in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Top with tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, cheese and basil. Bake 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

ITALIAN BREADCRUMB-CRUSTED TILAPIA W/LEMON

Steps:

• Separate Italian breadcrumbs, egg/milk, and flour into 3 separate mixing bowls.
• Combine garlic, onion, pepper, Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs.
• Also, add pinches of each spice to the flour.
• Heat stove top at medium, and add veggie oil and 3 slices of lemon.
• Place each fillet first in flour mixture, coat well. Followed by the egg mixture, and finally the breadcrumb mixture. Make sure to coat well.
• Add up to two fillets into the oiled frying pan and cook till light brown on either side. Make sure to drain the lemons of juice into the pan.
• Drain on paper towels over plates before serving.