Tilapia is a common name for fish of different genera and species from the family Cichlid, an object of fishing and breeding. Breeding tilapia for food purposes is a very profitable business, since these fish are very unpretentious to the conditions of their keeping and feeding, moreover, they are well adapted to the habitation in water of varying degrees of salinity.
As a food, tilapia is very popular due to the high protein content and low fat content, as well as the delicate taste of white flesh. Tilapia can be considered a dietary product, of course, if you cook it in certain ways.
And, in general, there are many known recipes for preparing various dishes from tilapia.
Tilapia in the oven - recipe
Ingredients:
- tilapia (in the form of a whole fish);
- lemon;
- fresh fragrant greens (parsley, basil, coriander, etc.);
- pepper black and / or fragrant ground;
- salt.
Preparation
We clean fish from scales, gut, remove gills, rinse thoroughly with cold water and dry with a napkin.
From the side of the abdomen, we slightly season the fish with salt and pepper. We put in the abdomen of each fish a few twigs of greenery and a couple of lime. We pack each carcass into foil separately (so that the juice formed during baking does not flow out). We put the tilapia packed in foil on a baking tray and bake in an oven at a temperature of 180-200 ° C for about 25 minutes. We serve with potatoes, rice, young stewed beans, vegetable salads. You can bring light table wine to the fish.
Tilapia fried in a frying pan
Ingredients:
- tilapia (fillet);
- vegetable oil for frying (better olive);
- flour for breading wheat (can be mixed with corn and / or barley);
- greens for decoration;
- lemon.
Preparation
If the fish was bought not in the form of fillets, but whole, clean, gut and cut into fillets. If the fish is small and placed in a frying pan, it can be prepared with whole pieces of fillet, or cut into convenient for eating portioned pieces - as you like. We warm the oil well in a frying pan. We pan the fish in slightly added flour and fry from both sides to a golden brown tinge, the cooking time is approximately from 4 to 8 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle with lemon juice and make out greens. Separately, you can serve garlic-lemon sauce.
You can, approximately following the same recipe, cook tilapia, fried in batter.
Ingredients:
- tilapia (fillet) ;
- chicken egg;
- wheat flour;
- some beer, water or milk;
- spices dry ground (pepper fragrant and / or black, coriander, cumin, fennel, anise, grated nutmeg);
- vegetable oil for frying or fat (pork, chicken);
- greens for decoration.
Preparation
We prepare the batter. Mix the flour with the egg with the addition of a small amount of beer or water, whisk with a whisk or fork. You should get a viscous, liquid dough without lumps, roughly like yogurt for consistency. Heat the oil or fat in a frying pan. Tilapia, cut into large pieces, plunge into the batter and fry from both sides. When the fish seems to be already well fried on both sides, reduce the fire to a minimum, cover the frying pan with a lid and keep on fire for another 4-6 minutes to be sure of readiness. Ready tilapia in batter served with potatoes. It is also good to serve some hot sauce.
Fish cutlets from tilapia - recipe
Ingredients:
- tilapia (fillets) - about 600-800 g;
- egg of chicken - 2-4 pieces;
- onion - 1-2 pcs .;
- spices dry ground;
- white bread or baguette loaf - 0,5-1 pcs .;
- a little water or milk to soak the loaf;
- vegetable oil or fat for frying;
- dill fresh;
- salt;
- wheat flour.
Preparation
Soak the bread in the milk. Fish let's go through the meat grinder along with the peeled onions. The soaked bread is slightly pressed and added to ground meat. Season with spices, add a little, add finely chopped dill, mix thoroughly. Density of stuffing can be adjusted by adding flour.
Heat the oil or fat in a frying pan. We form cutlets with wet hands and fry on both sides over medium heat. We reduce the fire, cover the frying pan with a lid and bring it to the ready for 5-8 minutes.