Tag: Tilapia

Seafood Pasta

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Seafood is always a nice treat. Seafood is somewhat available where I live, but it’s not always fresh or terribly affordable. For that reason I find flash frozen seafood to be both affordable and just as good in quality as fresh. Seafood goes great with oil, that’s what there are so many recipes for seafood with an oil and butter sauce. This tilapia and shrimp also have a very light flavor, so adding chives adds a nice flavor that might get lost if you choose a stronger fish like salmon.This recipe takes only as long as it takes to cook your noodles. The tilapia cooks up very fast and the shrimp, if frozen and pre-cooked, only takes about a minute to cook before you’ll have to start worrying about over cooking. This recipe made 4 Adult sized servings.

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What You Will Need

  • 2 Fillets of Tilapia
  • 1/4 Cup Oil
  • 3 Tbsp Butter
  • 1 1/2 Cup Shrimp, Frozen, Shelled, and De-Veined
  • 2 Tbsp Chopped Chives
  • 3 Cups Cooked Pasta

Directions

1. Begin boiling water and cooking pasta of your choice. Add oil to a frying pan and place over medium heat. Once hot add tilapia and butter. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook for another 2 minutes.

2. Break up tilapia into large chunks. Add the shrimp, coat, and heat until warmed, Stir in Chives, then remove from heat. Strain pasta, plate, then top with seafood and some oil. Top with grated parmesan if desired.

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Baked Pepper Tilapia Over Lemon Rice

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Baked pepper tilapia over lemon rice is a simple and healthy weekday meal. The tilapia is prepared minimally to keep it’s natural flavor, and the rice is cooked with all the added flavor you could need. This recipe is also a great use for leftover rice. Just add it to your dish, bake and serve. This recipe makes enough servings for 3.

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What You Will Need

  • 3 Cups leftover white rice
  • 2 Tilapia fillets
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1 Tbsp butter, divided in half
  • Baking dish

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 F. In a baking dish, mix together rice, lemon, and chicken broth, then spread to an even layer. Place tilapia on top, then coat tilapia with pepper, the top with a pad of butter on each.

2. Bake tilapia and rice for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven then serve right away.

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Tilapia Wrap with Coleslaw

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These wraps are great for dinner or leftover as a lunch. This fish filling tastes great warm or cold. The tilapia is pan cooked with spices so the flavor penetrates the fish. Peppers and onions add some bright flavor to the fish, and the coleslaw adds some much needed acidity, but also some cooling base, if you wanted to make your fish even spicier. To make your fish spicier, simply add a drop or two of hot sauce, some cayenne pepper powder, or some red pepper flakes. This recipe makes 4 full wraps. I used 12 inch tortillas, but if you use 8 inch, you could probably get 5 wraps total. Here is also a link to my coleslaw recipe if you’d like to make your own!

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What You Will Need

  • 2 Tilapia Fillets, thawed
  • 4 Flour Tortillas
  • 4 Cups Coleslaw
  • 1/3 bag frozen peppers and onions, about 6-7 Oz, thawed
  • 1 Tbsp Cumin
  • 1 Tbsp Chili Powder
  • 1/2 Tbsp Paprika
  • 1/2 Cup Water
  • 2 Tbsp Oil
  • Large Frying Pan

Directions

1.Heat pan over medium heat. Once hot add oil and tilapia. Sprinkle with half your spices, and cook for 3 minutes on your first side. Flip, sprinkle with remaining spices, and cook for another 3 minutes.

2. Break up your fish, add your water and peppers and onions and bring to a simmer. Cook for 5-10 or until most water evaporates off.

3. Split Tilapia filling evenly between 4 tortillas. Top with one cup of coleslaw each. Wrap your tortillas and serve.

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New Fire Pit and Tilapia Foil Packet Dinner

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We had an old fire pit in our backyard that was here when we bought the house this summer. It had minor rust, but it was still good enough to use. We left it out this winter, and to no surprise, most of the bowl had rusted out. We did one fire earlier this summer, but we lost not only ash out the bottom of the fire pit, but flaming coals as well! It was decided we needed to do something to update it. My In-law’s family has unlimited supply of oil barrels, and that was our source. First, we cut off the bottom 2 feet of the barrel using an angle grinder. We smoothed out the edge to make it less hazardous. Second, we disassembled the old fire pit. I really liked the mosaic ring, so my husband used the ring to hold the legs together as a rim, and welded it to the barrel to prevent our cover from falling in. He drilled several drainage holes in the bottom and air holes down the sides, we washed it out, put it in place, then added the stone ring. For our first fire it did very well. A barrel is pretty big for a fire pit, so if you plan to do the same, be sure to keep the fire small and contained. This fire pit also got extremely hot. The metal barrel was over 700 F, and the ground around it reached over 350 F with just 2 hours of use.

We cooked our packets over this fire pit. The grate we have is an old shelf from an oven, and was unphased after being licked by the flames. 15 minutes was long enough over our fire, but with even a smaller fire, 20 minutes should be more than enough. Everything was delicious, and there were no complaints. This recipe makes 2 packets, enough for 2 adult sized servings.

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What You Will Need

  • 2 Potatoes, cleaned and diced
  • 1 Medium Onion, halved and sliced
  • 1/2 Green Pepper, sliced
  • 2 Garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 4 Tbsp Oil
  • 2 Tilapia fillets
  • 2 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
  • 2 Aluminum foil segments

Directions

  1. Place pieces of foil on the counter. Add Potatoes. onion, pepper, garlic, and oil evenly between foil pieces. Add tilapia on top. Add Italian seasoning, then seal up foil packet. (Optional) Add extra foil for extra strength.
  2. Build a nice large fire. Place grate over fire. Adjust fire so flames don’t touch the grate. Carefully, add packets over fire. Cook for 15 minutes. Move grate if fire jumps up to touch foil consistently, or if fire goes out under a packet.
  3. Transfer to a thick plate. Carefully open packets, and let cool for 5 minutes before eating.
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Grilled Butter Tilapia

Tilapia is a great fish for those that don’t like the fishy flavor. Tilapia is also very healthy and adds very little fat to your diet. This recipe makes a delicious flavorful fish that has the added flavor of the herbs and fats of butter. You could substitute butter for coconut oil or avocado oil, you’d just need to add a small pinch of salt to help with flavor. Italian seasoning also consists of marjoram, oregano, thyme, basil, sage, rosemary, and parsley.

  1. Begin heating your grill to 350 F – 400 F.
  2. Place 2 fillets of Tilapia on a large piece of aluminum foil. Heavily sprinkle with Italian seasoning and add 3 Tbsp of butter. Seal your packet tightly.
  3. Place the packet onto the grill over a medium heat area. Close the grill and cook for 8 minutes. Using a spatula and thongs, remove the packet from the heat and transfer to serving plate. Carefully cut open packet and serve tilapia right away.
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