Tuesday, 22 November 2011
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Tilapia with Sauteed Spinach
I'm usually not wild about fish but I've been eating a lot of tilapia lately. I buy the frozen fillets and I really like them because they don't take very long to defrost and they don't take long to prepare. Spinach was on sale at Target last week so I bought 2 bags and I thought I'd make a healthy dinner one night since my workload wasn't ridiculous. Here's the recipe!
I normally broil the tilapia but I decided to cook it in a frying pan this week since I was making spinach too. Altogether this took me about 20 minutes to cook so it's great for when you don't want to spend an eternity in the kitchen.
You'll Need:
- 1 tilapia fillet (if you're using the frozen kind like I do, you can defrost the fillet in a bowl of warm water. It should only take about 15 minutes).
- Mrs. Dash Seasoning, to taste
- Seasoning Salt, to taste
- 1-2 cloves chopped garlic
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 3-4 cups fresh spinach (you might think this seems like too much spinach but it cooks down a lot)
1. Pour 1-2 tablespoons olive oil into a pan that's been preheated on medium-low. Add chopped garlic and cook for about 1 minute.
2. Add chopped spinach and cook until all the leaves have wilted down. Remove from heat.
3. Season tilapia with Mrs. Dash, seasoning salt, and pepper on both sides and add to a preheated pan on medium-low heat. Cook for 5-7 minutes on each side.
4. Transfer to plate and you're done! Sorry the picture doesn't look too great, the tilapia was flipped the wrong way.
What's your favorite way to prepare tilapia?
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Comments (6)
Tilapia is one of my favorite fish. Next to Salmon which rates high on the charts. I normally cook mine in a lemon garlic butter sauce. I brown it on both sides, put it on a plate, make the sauce (lemon juice, loads of garlic, butter), then put the fish back in the pan & allow it to simmer for just a little bit. Add a nice salad & some fluffy rice (I eat a lot of rice) and there you go. It's fast & easy.
Gasp! Defrosting in warm water? Sorry, the food safety person in me just showed up, But of course, the filets are thin, thaw fast and I am assuming you'd cook it very shortly after thawing.
I like tilapia, too. I pan fry it much like you did, sprinkled with the seasonings you added, or with lemon pepper seasoning, which is also tasty. Veggies sauteed with garlic is always tasty and spinach is one of my faves. I've tried cooking the fish other ways, but I've found that I only like tilapia either pan fried filets, or steamed whole with ginger, scallions and soy sauce, or deep fried "mojarra" at Mexican seafood restaurants. I love the bagged spinach, so nice and clean! I've bought the spinach in a bunch before, too much work to clean all that dirt off. For me, the extra expense is worth it for the bagged spinach.
i love fish any way i can get it.. LOVE spinach the only leafy green aside from broccoli i'll eat.. i think i'm going to try this recipe i love sauteed spinach so good!
Looks good!
@babybug329@xanga - Oh yeah I always cook it right after it defrosts. I'm usually so hungry I wouldn't wait anyways
Yeah you're not supposed to defrost it in warm water. It doesn't matter if you cook it right after it defrosts, the temperature that it's at when it's defrosting in warm water creates bacteria.