Whole Baked Tilapia Recipes

BAKED WHOLE TILAPIA WITH BUTTER & HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C/400°F/gas 6).
• Line a roasting tin large enough to hold the fish with a lightly buttered sheet of foil.
• Rub the fish inside and out with salt and pepper and put in the foil-lined tin.
• Mix the butter and herbs then spread half the butter mixture inside each fish.
• Cover the tilapia with foil and bake for 20-30 minutes or until the thickest part flakes easily when tested with a knife.
• Carefully lift the fish on to a board and peel away the skin from the upper surface, the turn it around and remove the skin from the other side. Serve immediately.

WHOLE BAKED TILAPIA

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine onions with lemon juice and ginger. Arrange a few onion slices on the bottom of a baking dish(reserve some). Rinse Tilapia, pat dry with paper towel, brush outside with oil, lay fish on top of the onion mixture.
• Cut off about 1/2 inch from each of the lemons. Stuff the fish cavity with reserved onions, lemon ends and half of the cilantro. Cut remaining lemons into thin slices; tuck slices around base of fish and sprinkle remaining cilantro over onions and lemons in dish.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 400°F oven until fish temperature reaches 135°F and flesh in opaque and flaky. Gently pull off skin and serve fish with onions and a fresh lemon slice. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• I think this may take 30-40 minutes*** I have not made this but my gf has :).

BAKED WHOLE TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Rinse the fish and pat very dry. Make two slashes into the skin on each side of the fish.
• Whisk together the cider vinegar, mustard and dill in a medium sized bowl. Place two cloves of garlic and a sprig of parsley into the cavity of each fish. Place the fish in the bowl and turn to coat in the vinegar mixture.
• Use two pieces of foil to form two sections in a baking dish. Rub the foil with olive oil.
• Place one fish in each section and drizzle remaining vinegar mixture into the fish cavity and the slashes on the top side of the fish.
• Bake 15-20 minutes until the fish flakes easily with a fork (thickest part of fish should be 145 degrees). Fish will continue cooking five minutes after you remove it from the oven.

BAKED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Place tilapia in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, combine the butter, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt; pour over the fillets. Sprinkle with capers, oregano and paprika., Bake, uncovered, at 425° until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 10-15 minutes.

BAKED FRESH WHOLE TILAPIA #RSC

Steps:

• Directions - Tilapias (already scaled and dressed).
• Wrinkle the 4 sheets of heavy duty non-stick Reynolds aluminum foil to facilitate flavor distribution, coat each with EVOO with brush.
• Spread lemon rind, thyme on foils.
• Coat each Tilapia with bacon fat, sprinkle salt, paprika, ground pepper and fish sauce. Score the fish (see photos).
• Wrap each fish in its own foil pouch. Puncture pouch with a few hole for steam venting.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Place pouches in oven for 15 minutes. Open pouches immediately so that the fish skin will remain crispy.
• Directions - two sauces, each to be enjoyed by guest separately or combined.
• Collect juices from the pouches, and discard thyme sprigs and charred lemon rind.
• Mix heavy cream, garlic, chopped onion, artichoke hearts, sea salt and wine use a hand blender to blend all into a sauce.
• Simmer the above for 10 minutes and divide into two parts.
• Roast bell peppers, remove seeds and add to sauce part one. Add Paprika and concord grape juice.
• Blend above with hand blender until smooth and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Mix lemon juice, brown sugar, Candace Grape juice, and Monterrey Jack cheese.
• Blend above with hand blender until smooth and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Plate everything as per suggested photos on steamed Yard-Long String beans.