Does anyone have a recipe for stuffed tilapia?!
Does anyone have a recipe for stuffed tilapia?
i cant seem to find one but i have had it before and i dont remember what was in it
Answers:
I Live in the Dominican Republic ...........
Here is ours
Caribbean-Style Tilapia with Fresh Lime
Ingredients
4 tilapia fillets
2 tablespoon margarine; low-fat
1/4 cup green pepper; chopped
4 tablespoon chopped onion
1/4 cup toasted almonds; chopped
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon oregano
4 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon chopped coriander; (or parsley)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cup water
2 cloves garlic; crushed
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 lime peel
Melt margarine in skillet. Add green pepper and 2 tablespoons onion. Saute until onion is transparent. add almonds, bread crumbs, oregano, one tablespoon lime juice, coriander and salt; mix well. Spoon filling down center of each tilapia fillet. Roll up and secure with toothpicks. In shallow baking pan, combine remaining 2 tablespoons onion, water, garlic, bay leaf, red pepper and remaining 3 tablespoons lime juice. Place the tilapia in pan. Bake 400 F. oven for 30-35 minutes, basting occasionally until tilapia flakes easily. Remove the fish to a serving platter. Garnish with strips of lime peel.
Stuffed Tilapia
1 small onion
1 rib celery
4 tablespoons of butter
1/4 cup of fresh parsley
? cup of bread crumbs
1 can of drained and flaked crab meat
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1/8 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
6 tilapia fillets
Melted butter
Paprika powder
instructions:
~Chop the onion into fine pieces.
~Mince the celery into fine pieces.
~Sautee the onion and celery with butter in a frying pan until the vegetables are tender.
~Add parsley to the frying pan.
~Remove the frying pan from the heat and stir in bread crumbs and crab meat, together with lemon juice and cayenne pepper.
Grease a 9x13 inch oven pan.
Spread the crab meat mixture over the Tilapia fillets and roll them up.
~Place the stuffed Tilapia in the greased dish, seam side down.
~Sprinkle melted butter and paprika powder over the stuffed Tilapia.
Place the stuffed Tilapia in the oven and bake the rolls at 400° Fahrenheit. The stuffed Tilapia is finished when it is easy to flake the fish with a fork, usually after 20-25 minutes.
I hope this helps....