I’m going to deliver this recipe to you the best I can. I was totally vibing and just in my groove when I decided to come up with this – and ya know what? Sometimes those are the best recipes. So I hope you enjoy this one, and never be afraid to find your own groove and make your own twists to any recipe you come across. Enjoy as is or have fun re-creating it into your own!
Xoxo,
Linds
Crispy and Buttery Tilapia
Ingredients
- 1-2 Filets of Tilapia
- 1/2 Cup Flour
Seasonings to liking for both fish AND flour –
- Salt
- Pepper
- Seasoning Salt
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Paul Prudhomme's Seafood Magic Seasoning
- Olive Oil for Cooking Fish
- Salted Butter for Baking Fish at end (I will get into how much in instructions)
- 1/2 Cup Panko
Seasonings for Panko to liking
- Salt
- Pepper
- Seasoning Salt
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
- Grey Poupon or favorite mustard condiment for topping.
- Optional: favorite herb for garnishment.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix Panko and seasonings listed above with a little olive oil and mix well to combine. Set aside.
- Add your flour to a shallow dish. Season your flour with seasonings listed above, to liking. Whisks together and set aside.
- Pat dry tilapia and season with seasonings listed above, to liking. Rub in to coat well.
- Dredge Tilapia in seasoned flour and on medium heat on a skillet with some olive oil – cook about 3-4 minutes per side.
- On a baking sheet – for each filet of fish, lay down two "pats" of butter. Lay filets on each two pats of butter.
- Add some panko mixture on the top of the filets to coat the top.
- Put fish in oven for 10 minutes.
- Take out and enjoy!
- Garnish with favorite mustard condiment and herbs, if desired.
- **I sided with a veggie mixture but use what resonates with you and your family.
