What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Waste Not, Want Not: Mediterranean Baked Tilapia! Do you ever experiment with different spice combinations? Salt and pepper can only go so far, especially if you try to reduce your salt intake. Spices, on the other hand, can turn an ordinary meal into a savory one. They can also add color, flavor, and aroma. If you’re like me, when a recipe calls for a spice you don’t stock in your pantry, you go out and buy a jar. Then what? Do you use it once and shove it back into the corner of your cupboard? What if you experiment a little instead? When you use cumin, think about partnering it with coriander for results that can add warmth as well as a tinge of sweetness.
MEDITERRANEAN BAKED TILAPIA
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tilapia fillets
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
Fresh parsley, for garnish
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400° in a shallow bowl, combine lemon juice, butter, and olive oil. Mix well. Set aside. On a sheet of waxed paper, combine flour, ground coriander, ground cumin, paprika, sea salt, and pepper. Pat tilapia fillets dry. Dip fish in lemon juice mixture before coating with flour coating. Repeat for second tilapia fillet. Warm 2 tablespoons olive oil in an iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish fillets. After a minute or so, flip fillets over to sear the both sides. Remove skillet from heat. Add minced garlic to remaining lemon juice mixture. Drizzle over fish. Bake 7-9 minutes in preheated oven. Remove from heat. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve with broccoli and cous cous.
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Fish is appearing on the menu more these days and I still have some tilapia in the freezer. Love the addition of cumin and coriander!
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I know what you mean, Judy. Gotta keep the diet healthy. 🌿🌱🍃
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That looks so delicious! Love getting new ideas for making fish! I shall try this recipe!
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Yay! Please let me know your thoughts afterwards. 🤔
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Oh YUM! That looks delicious!
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I have tried different ways to prepare fish. Yum! 🐟
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We are always reinventing recipes. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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It’s what we do. 👏
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You know it. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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I love this fish creation. It must taste so good.
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Yesss. No leftovers because we ate the whole thing. lol 😜
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I bet… lol
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That looks so good.. Great for friday fish and chips..
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Hold on……there’s supposed to be chips?! 🤣
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Experimenting with spices is where it’s at.
This looks deevine!
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Spices are like shoes. You never have enough. lol 😂
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Sounds like you may have some experience on both counts . . .
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Hahaha. Actually, I probably have 3 times the spices as I do shoes. 😍🌿
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Priorities . . you have them in perfectly working order
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Thank you, Marco. 🙏🏻
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Love this spice combo!
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Especially swathed in butter. 😍🌿
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