Tilapia has juicy and low-fat meat, which contains a lot of protein. You can cook it in different ways: boil, fry, bake. Tilapia dishes are considered low-calorie. For those who carefully monitor their figure, this diet fish will be an excellent dish.
I would like to offer dishes of tilapia in sour cream, with mayonnaise, as well as several original recipes that will appeal to real gourmets. Before cooking, be sure to remove the skin from the fish, otherwise it will have a slightly bitter taste. Most often on sale you can find tilapia in the form of fillets. It is advisable to buy this fish of cold freezing, in this form it retains more nutrients.
Tilapia in sour cream
Ingredients:
- tilapia fillet - 1 kg;
- sour cream - 3 tablespoons of tablespoons;
- sunflower oil - 3 tablespoons of tablespoons;
- pepper, salt.
In fact, for this recipe you can take any other white fish. But still, dishes from tilapia are considered more wholesome and delicious. It will take about 5 fish fillets, which should lie slightly on top of each other during cooking in a pan.
To start, the fish fillet must be washed and dried with a paper towel. Then mix salt, pepper and lemon zest. Cover the baking pan with foil and grease it with vegetable oil. Then sprinkle the bottom of the mold with half the prepared mixture of zest. Put fish on top and grease with vegetable oil, then sprinkle with the remaining amount of zest. Place tilapia in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Fish should be baked for about 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, remove the fillet and a little grease with sour cream, then put it in the oven again for another 10 minutes, without covering it with foil on top. The finished dish can be sprinkled with basil.
Tilapia with mayonnaise
Ingredients:
- tilapia fillet - 2 kg;
- carrots - a few pieces;
- onion - a few pieces;
- flour;
- mayonnaise;
- sunflower oil;
- salt, spices
The fish fillet must be cut and salted, then sprinkled with seasonings. And fry in flour in a pan. Then put on a plate and let cool.
Meanwhile, chop the onion in half rings. Cut the carrots into small pieces or grate, then fry a little.
To prepare the sauce, mix mayonnaise with a small amount of water (50:50). After that, take a baking pan or other form and lay out fish and vegetables in layers . Pour everything with mayonnaise sauce and bring to a boil. After which, the dish must be stewed for another 20 minutes over low heat.
Vietnamese Baked Tilapia
Tilapia recipes are all very tasty and healthy. But this recipe will be appreciated only by a real gourmet.
Ingredients:
- tilapia - 1 kg;
- water - 1 cup;
- Coconut milk - 1 cup;
- garlic.
For the sauce:
- sugar;
- lemon juice;
- fish sauce ;
- peanut.
First you need to put water and coconut milk in a blender, then mix them for about a minute. Then strain through cheesecloth and add chopped garlic. Pickle tilapia with this mixture for 2 hours. Then place in the oven for 6 minutes until the fish turns brown. After that, turn it over to the other side for 4 minutes.
To prepare the sauce you need to mix sugar, lemon juice, peanuts (chopped), pepper and fish sauce. After the fish is ready, put it in a dish and pour the sauce.
Tilapia in beer dough
Ingredients:
- tilapia fillet - 5 pieces;
- vegetable oil;
- lemon juice;
- salt pepper.
For the test:
- egg bile - 2 pcs.;
- flour - half a glass;
- beer - half a glass;
- salt.
Cut the fish fillet into 5 cm slices. Then pour lemon juice in a bowl, sprinkle with parsley, salt, pepper and add vegetable oil (2 tablespoons).
To prepare the dough for this dish from tilapia fillets , stir flour, beer, salt and egg yolks well.
Then heat the skillet with oil. Dip the pieces of fish in the dough, then fry in a pan. You need to fry on both sides until the fish is covered with a golden crust.
As you can see, dishes from tilapia are all very diverse and original. But which one to cook is up to you!