Pan Seared Tilapia With Chile Lime Compound Butter Recipes

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!

PAN SEARED TILAPIA WITH CHILE-LIME COMPOUND BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. TO MAKE COMPOUND BUTTER -
• 2. Stir together butter, shallot, zest, lime juice, chile, and salt in a bowl. Chill butter, but do not allow to harden.
• 3. TO MAKE BEDDING -
• 4. Bring 2 quarts of salted water to a boil. Blanch rapini for 90 seconds. Remove and plunge in ice bath. Remove from bath, drain and set aside, season with fresh ground black pepper and cover with damp paper towel.
• 5. TO MAKE FISH -
• 6. 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 2 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.
• 7. Serve on bed of steamed rapini. Serve each piece of fish with a dollop of chile lime butter.

PAN-SEARED TILAPIA WITH CHILI LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. Make chile lime butter: Stir together butter, shallot, zest, lime juice, chile, and 1/2 tsp. salt in a bowl.
• 2. Prepare fish: Pat fish dry and sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. 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.
• 3. Serve each piece of fish with a dollop of chile lime butter.

PAN-SEARED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Rinse tilapia fillets in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Season both sides of each fillet with salt and pepper. Place the flour in a shallow dish; gently press each fillet into the flour to coat and shake off the excess flour.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook the tilapia in the hot oil until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 4 minutes per side. Brush the melted butter onto the tilapia in the last minute before removing from the skillet. Serve immediately.

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:.
• Pat fish dry and sprinkle with salt.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until just smoking.
• Saute 3 pieces of fish, using a spatula to turn once, until golden and just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer to a plate and saute remaining fish in same manner.
• Serve each piece of fish with a dollop of chile lime butter.

CHILI LIME PAN SEARED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Defrost your fish fillets in a bowl of cold water for 20-30 minutes or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Mix together the sugar, chili powder, salt, garlic powder and zest of 1 lime together in a small bowl.
• Remove tilapia fillets from the package and pat dry. Rub both sides of each fillet with the spice mixture.
• Heat oil in nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
• Cook tilapia fillets for 4 minutes per first side and then carefully flip.
• Squeeze juice of one lime over fish in pan and let fish continue to cook 2-3 minutes or cooked through and opaque and flaky.
• Remove the tiapia from the skillet and let rest for 5 minutes. Serve with or without the salsa.
• Mix together apple, cilantro, and red onion with juice from second lime. Season with salt and mix well.

PAN-SEARED TILAPIA

Steps:

• To make the salsa: Stir the tomatoes, onion, and cilantro together in a small bowl. Stir in the lime juice, olive oil and chile. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Place in the refrigerator to chill while preparing the fish.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Pour enough canola oil into a large frying pan to generously coat the bottom. Heat over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
• While the oil is heating, season as many of the fillets as will fit in the pan comfortably with salt and pepper. Dredge the seasoned fillets in flour to coat both sides and shake off the excess flour. Carefully slip the coated snapper into the hot oil and give the pan a little shake to prevent sticking. Cook until lightly golden on the underside side, about 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and cook until the thickest part of the fillets are opaque at the center, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Repeat with the remaining fillets, adding more oil to the pan, if necessary.
• Serve warm, passing the tomato salsa separately.

PAN-SEARED TILAPIA WITH LEMON-BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, heat wine, lemon juice and shallots to boiling over medium-high heat. Boil uncovered 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half.
• Add whipping cream to pan and heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil uncovered 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened and reduced to about 1/2 cup. Remove from heat and add lemon peel. Beat in butter, 1 piece at a time, with wire whisk, adding the next piece only after the first has been completely beaten in and melted. When all of the butter has been beaten in, add 1/4 teaspoon salt and the white pepper. Cover to keep warm.
• Sprinkle fish with 1/4 teaspoon salt; set aside.
• In 12-inch skillet (preferably nonstick), heat oil over medium-high heat until shimmering and hot. Add fish and cook 3 minutes. Flip and cook 3 minutes longer or until edges begin to brown and fish flakes easily with fork.
• To serve, spoon sauce over fish and sprinkle with nuts.

PAN SEARED TILAPIA W/CHILE LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Make Chile Lime Butter: Stir together butter, shallot, zest, lime juice, sriracha sauce and salt in bowl. Prepare Fish: Mix old bay/creole/garlic powder with flour. Clean fish, dry off water, sprinkle with black pepper and put fish into flour and turn to coat both sides. Heat 2 tbls oil in a skillet over moderately high heat until just smoking, then saute 3 pieces of fish, turning over once with spatula, until golden brown and just cooked through, 4-5 minutes and transfer to plate. Serve with dollop of chile lime butter.