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Crispy and Buttery Tilapia

Course lunch, Main Course
Cuisine seafood

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.