Chili Tabasco Tilapia Recipes

CHILI TABASCO TILAPIA

Steps:

• Place fish in a large plastic bag. Add olive oil and marinate for one hour.
• Remove fish from marinade and salt to taste. Cook on preheated grill for 8-10 minutes.
• Combine chili sauce and Tabasco Sweet & Spicy sauce. Add a dash of regular Tabasco sauce if desired for more heat.
• Baste fish with sauce and grill for an additional 5 minutes.

CHILI LIME BAKED TILAPIA WITH AVOCADO CREMA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400˚F (200˚C).
• In a small bowl, mix the chili powder, cumin, cayenne, salt, pepper, and olive oil with the lime juice.
• Using a basting brush, generously coat each side of the tilapia fillet with the marinade.
• Bake fish for 12 minutes in a preheated oven until edges begin to crisp and fish is moist and flaky.
• While fish is baking, prepare the crema.
• In a blender, combine avocado, cilantro, salt, pepper, lime juice, and yogurt. Blend until mixture is smooth.
• Serve tilapia topped with avocado crema and freshly chopped cilantro.
• Enjoy!

CHIPOTLE TILAPIA TACOS WITH MANGO-CILANTRO SALSA

Steps:

• Stir together the chipotle chile powder, garlic powder, salt, and cracked black pepper in a shallow bowl. Brush the tilapia fillets with the canola oil, and press into the spice mixture to coat, and set aside. Make the salsa by stirring together the mango, jalapeno, red onion, 1 clove garlic, cilantro, and lime juice in a separate bowl, and set aside. Make the aioli by stirring together the chipotle puree, 1 clove garlic, and mayonnaise in a small bowl, and set aside.
• Bring the black beans and 2 cloves of garlic to a simmer in a saucepan with a pinch of salt. Cover, and cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, and cook the tilapia until opaque in the center, and crispy on both sides, about 7 minutes. Heat the tortillas in a skillet over medium heat, and keep warm.
• To serve, place the tortillas on a plate, spoon on some Spanish rice and black beans. Top with some of the coleslaw mix, hot tilapia, and a spoonful of the mango-cilantro salsa. Top with a dollop of chipotle aioli to serve.

EASY CHILI AND LIME FISH STREET TACOS

Steps:

• Preheat grill to medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Rub tilapia fillets with 2 tablespoons lime juice and season with salt, black pepper, and chili powder. Brush both sides of each fillet with olive oil.
• Grill tilapia on preheated grill until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes on each side.
• Heat tortillas on an ungreased skillet over medium-high heat for 10 to 15 seconds. Turn and heat for another 5 to 10 seconds. Fill the heated tortillas with flaked tilapia. Top with tomatillo salsa, avocado, and sour cream. Sprinkle with cilantro and 1 tablespoon lime juice.

EASY CHILI LIME TILAPIA

Steps:

• Sprinkle chili powder, seasoned salt and black pepper evenly over both sides of fillets.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Spray pan generously with cooking spray or pour light coating of vegetable oil.
• Cook fish about 3-4 minutes on each side, squeezing lime juice over fillets while cooking. Fish is done when it flakes with a fork.
• Serve with additional lime wedges.

PAN-SEARED TILAPIA WITH CHILE LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Make chile lime butter:
• Stir together butter, shallot, zest, lime juice, chile, and salt in a bowl.
• Prepare fish:
• If using striped bass, score skin in 3 or 4 places with a thin sharp knife to prevent fish from curling (do not cut through flesh). Pat fish dry and sprinkle with salt. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until just smoking, then sauté 3 pieces of fish, turning over once with a spatula, until golden and just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes, and transfer to a plate. Sauté remaining fish in remaining tablespoon oil in same manner.
• Serve each piece of fish with a dollop of chile lime butter.