I usually pan fry with a lemon butter sauce (with some fresh parsley). cover filets with flour and lightly salted. then pan fry each side, let sit, cook the lemon-butter-parsley sauce for about a minute in the same pan, while the filets sit aside on a platter, covered with foil.. then drizzle the sauce


this is a great fish to cook, low in cal.'s ... does anyone have any recipes theyd like to share?

[Edited on December 14, 2008 at 6:50 PM. Reason : ]

12/14/2008 6:49:07 PM

I cook it with teriyaki and furikake.

12/14/2008 6:53:56 PM

fish tacos (no recipe needed)

12/14/2008 6:58:49 PM

not a fan of fish tacos

^^ just looking to pan fry it, or bake it .. dont have the means to make furikake

12/14/2008 7:17:34 PM

...butter and sliced onions in a casserole dish, layer with fillets, top with fresh cilantro. Seal with foil. Bake.
(Optional: replace onions with garlic or carrots; replace cilantro with basil or thyme; replace butter with olive oil)

12/14/2008 7:36:45 PM

gotta have some garlic .. i like carrots too

12/14/2008 7:39:33 PM

Step 1: Open the package
Step 2: Throw Tilapia fillets in the garbage
Step 3: Place garbage in the dumpster

12/14/2008 7:41:54 PM

how did i know you would reject that feesh

12/14/2008 7:44:14 PM

Tilapia just sucks and its pretty bad for you.

12/14/2008 7:46:10 PM

you can do anything with tilapia that you can do with any other plain white fish

12/14/2008 7:49:52 PM

^^what is so bad about it?

12/14/2008 7:56:05 PM

^I remember seeing something similar on wral about farm raised tilapia:

Quote :

"The researchers say tilapia is not a good choice for those fighting heart disease. They even say hamburger and bacon would be a better choice. "

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=248&sid=3741270

Although I don't really know what that is based on or where the source of that came from.

[Edited on December 14, 2008 at 8:09 PM. Reason : Could the tilapia you ate for dinner kill you? Find out tonight @ 11.]

12/14/2008 8:00:28 PM

Agreed about steps 1-3. Call me a seafood snob, but being raised on an island...farm-raised fish, of which tilapia is one, is unduly bland. Fresh fish is better...support NC commercial fisherman...their jobs are being out-sourced to Asia and the fish that's coming back? Your tilapia.

Besides, there are way better fish to eat, even if it has to be farm-raised...

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12/15/2008 12:10:17 AM

Quote :

"dont have the means to make furikake"

Furikake is a seasoning you can get at grand asia in many flavors. I usually use the black sesame seed and nori one, got some salt and other stuff in it too. cook it in a pan with a little teriyaki, super easy to make.

12/15/2008 12:16:00 AM

farm raised typically has less pollution in it, but it's not going to taste as good.

12/15/2008 1:41:19 AM

i only use imported flour from southern indonesia with my tilapia, lightly sifted through only the finest hand-formed copper shaker available

along with my meticulously groomed fresh parsley, lovingly diced on the diagonal

12/15/2008 2:06:27 AM

i use this recipe for parmesan tilapia all the time, and it's really easy

1.) preheat broiler
2.) mix 1/2c parmesan cheese (i prefer grated), 1/4c soft butter, 3tbsp mayo, 2tbsp lemon juice, and herbs (basil, pepper, celery salt, onion powder) together and set aside
3.) broil fillets just below heat for 2-3 minutes, flip, broil for another 2-3 minutes, take out and cover with mixture, broil for another 1-2 minutes until topping is browned and fish is flaky

takes all of 10 minutes to do and it's sooooooooo good

12/15/2008 12:55:46 PM

do you want to try Thai dish?
this sauce is a good pairing with pan fried or deep fried fish

Tamarind sauce
1 tablespoon tamarind
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 shallot (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2-4 chili peppers (chopped)
3 sprigs cilantro

12/15/2008 2:10:49 PM

farm raised tilapia has almost no Omega-3 content and has more arachidonic acid than bacon. If I'm going to eat garbage protein sources, I'd rather just stick with bacon.

12/15/2008 4:42:38 PM

take out of bag
spray pan with pam
bake for 20 minutes at 400 in the oven
put in mouth
chew
poop out later

12/15/2008 8:23:40 PM

because people only eat fish because it's good for them

12/15/2008 8:30:09 PM

don't they use tilapia to clean the shit up from other fish in fish farms...then harvest them?

MAGICARP CARP CARP

12/15/2008 8:49:58 PM

which one is worse? farm-raised tilapia or farm-raised catfish?

12/15/2008 10:11:13 PM

eleusis is consistently one of the most informed posters on this website

kudos and huzzah to you, sir

12/15/2008 10:38:45 PM

i like tilapia, i usually pan fry it with lemon pepper and dill weed

12/16/2008 9:10:30 AM

Quote :

"don't they use tilapia to clean the shit up from other fish in fish farms...then harvest them?"

i'm not 100% sure, but i don't think this is true. the tilapia farmers i know only raise tilapia. it's like a warehouse full of above-ground swimming pools filled with tilapia. they have these automatic feeders that drop in stuff that looks like dry dog food.

[Edited on December 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM. Reason : i think tilapia eat algae in the wild. they're native to africa.]

12/16/2008 11:42:53 AM

The OP recipe sounds delicious!

12/16/2008 11:50:30 AM