Tilapia. How to cook fish tasty and beautiful, PP recipes

General principles for preparing tilapia

There are several main principles for preparing tilapia dishes:

such gourmet meat in domestic stores is sold only frozen, but it must be without ice on the surface;
if a large amount of ice glaze is found on the fish, you should not buy such a product - it has probably already been defrosted and frozen again;
It is recommended to defrost tilapia slowly - it is best to transfer it from the refrigerator to the table and leave it there at room temperature;
if you still need to defrost the carcass quickly, then you should wrap it in a tight bag and put it in cold water in this form;
Tilapia has tender meat with a lot of liquid in its composition, so it is most often cooked in a frying pan in breading or batter;
It is also possible to stew fish in a frying pan - for this, it is first cut into slices and fried until golden brown, and then poured with sauce and simmered;
if the tilapia has a strong smell of the water in which it swam, then before cooking you can soak its pieces in a mixture of milk, salt and black pepper (for 1 cup of dairy product, take ½ teaspoon of salt, a pinch of pepper);
the fish is soaked in milk for about 20 minutes - no additional rinsing or salting is required afterwards;
After soaking, the tilapia pieces are temporarily placed in a colander to drain excess liquid.

Simple PP recipe

Tilapia (you can cook tasty fish using the simplest recipe) goes well in the recipe with garlic, lemon, and parsley.

The treat is baked in the oven. The result is the most tender, juicy fish.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

tilapia fillet – from 4 pcs.;
garlic – from 1 to 4 cloves (to taste);
lemon – ½ piece;
chopped parsley – 1 tsp;
butter fat – 1 tbsp. l.;
salt and spices.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

Juice is squeezed out of half a lemon. The recipe requires 3 tbsp. l.
The oven is preheated to 185-190 degrees.
The fish fillet is cleaned of all excess. The product is washed and dried.
Tilapia is laid out in an oiled heat-resistant form.
The butter is melted and mixed with lemon juice, chopped garlic, and parsley. The mass is salted to taste. You can pepper it. The mixture is then spread over the fish.

The treat is baked for half an hour, after which it is served with any side dish.

Quick recipe

In the realities of modern life, it is so difficult to find time and cook something incredibly tasty and healthy. Fish dishes often require some effort in preparing the ingredients, which is undesirable for those who value every minute. We present for you the simplest recipe for baking tilapia with vegetables in the oven, which in total takes a maximum of 35-40 minutes. Grocery list:

Tilapia – 400 gr.;
Tomato – 1 pc.;
Lemon juice – 2 tbsp. spoons;
Parmesan – 100 gr.;
Cream – 100 ml;
Salt, spices (eg thyme, basil, marjoram, pepper).

Treat the fish fillet on both sides with spices, salt, lemon juice, let it soak in the aromas of herbs for 10-15 minutes.

Cover a baking dish with foil, transfer the fillet, pour cream over it. Place the tomato, cut into slices, on top of the fish, sprinkle everything with grated Parmesan. You only need to bake such a miracle for 15-20 minutes at 180-200°C.

The fish turns out very tender, soaked in the aromas of herbs. Can be served with a side dish of boiled rice and potatoes.

Classic tilapia recipe

Tilapia (you can cook the fish deliciously using several dozen options) in the classic recipe is fried whole. The product is breaded in flour with spices.

Tilapia. How to cook dietary fish in the oven.

The result should be fish with a crispy crust.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

tilapia carcasses – 2 pcs.;
flour - 5-6 tbsp. l.;
spices for fish – 2.5-3 tsp;
oil, dill, lemon slice, salt.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

The fish is cleaned. Shallow cuts are made on the carcasses.
Inside and outside, tilapia is rubbed with lemon, salt, and spices.
Flour with spices is poured into plates. Dry ingredients are salted.
The fish is breaded and fried in a frying pan with hot oil.

Tilapia should become rosy and golden. Serve it deliciously with boiled potatoes.

Chebureks

Take four carcasses, a glass of water, 300 g of flour, one egg, herbs, lemon juice. Wash and dry the fish. Chop the greens. Beat the egg into the flour and add salt. Pour water in three steps, it should be hot. Stir the mixture after each time. Knead the dough, divide into equal parts, roll out each. Place a piece of fish, add salt, pepper, herbs, sprinkle with lemon juice, cover with dough. Pinch the edges well and fry in hot oil for 3-4 minutes.

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With cream cheese sauce

Tilapia goes perfectly with dairy products in a variety of dishes. For example, it will be delicious to cook such fish in a creamy cheese sauce. The cream for the recipe is taken as thick as possible.

Even a dairy product intended for whipping is perfect for the recipe.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

tilapia fillet – 2 pcs.;
onion - a few rings;
hard cheese – 25-30 g;
red salted fish – 40 g;
soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l.;
dry white wine – 2 tbsp. l.;
sugar – 1 pinch;
heavy cream – 70 ml;
pickled cucumbers (small) – 3 pcs.;
blue cheese – 30 g;
salt.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

For the marinade, mix wine, soy sauce, and sugar. It is poured over the washed fish and left for 40 minutes.
Tilapia is laid out on a baking sheet, salted on top and put into the oven to bake at 170 degrees for 7-8 minutes.
Onions and small pieces of lightly salted fish are placed on the tilapia. The treat is baked for another 5-6 minutes.
After sprinkling the treat with cheese shavings, it is put into the oven for another 3 minutes.
For the sauce, whip cream with blue cheese. Add small cubes of pickled cucumbers and chopped herbs to the mixture if desired.

When serving, baked fish is placed on a plate. She pours sauce over it.

Schnitzel

Prepare in advance: tilapia, egg, herbs, semolina and flour. Cut the fillet into cubes. Mix egg, semolina, flour, herbs. Combine all ingredients and form schnitzels. Roll in flour, fry in vegetable oil until golden brown (about 20 minutes).

With added oatmeal

Schnitzel can be made without eggs.

Ingredients:

tilapia;
half a glass of oatmeal;
bulb;
two cloves of garlic;
marjoram;
breadcrumbs.

Make minced meat from the carcasses, add oatmeal, onion and marjoram. Leave the minced meat in the refrigerator for 25 minutes to allow the oatmeal to swell.

Before making schnitzels, knead the resulting mixture well and beat it. Form thin cutlets and bread them in breadcrumbs. Fry in hot oil until a good crust forms. Close the pan with a lid and leave the schnitzel on the stove for another 3 minutes.

Cutlets with melted cheese

Tilapia (the fish can be cooked deliciously using different recipes) can be served in the form of cutlets. They are not too fatty, suitable for a healthy diet. A special feature of the recipe is the addition of processed cheese. The latter produces a delicate, soft filling that goes well with fish fillet. Calorie content of the dish: 152 kcal per 100 g.

And his BJU:

BJU	Value in g (per 100 g)
Squirrels	15,7
Fats	6,5
Carbohydrates	7,2

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

fish fillet – 850-900 g;
onion and egg - 1 pc.;
processed cheese – 80 g;
flour - 3.5-4 tbsp. l.;
white bread – 35-40 g;
fresh dill – 3 sprigs;
milk – 45-50 ml;
salt, spices, oil.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

The fish fillet is washed and dried with paper. Afterwards it turns into homogeneous, tender minced meat. It is best to use a meat grinder for this. But you can also grind the fish using a suitable blender attachment.
The bread gets rid of crusts. Afterwards it is soaked in milk for several minutes.
The already soft bread is wrung out. It is passed through a meat grinder along with onions. The latter first gets rid of the husks.
Processed cheese is added to the same mass. It is pre-processed with a coarse grater. To make this easier, you can pre-freeze the cheese.
Add chopped, washed dill, the contents of a raw egg, salt and spices to the mixture. After thorough mixing, you should get homogeneous minced meat.
Small cutlets are formed from the mass prepared in the previous step. They are rolled in flour, scattered on a flat plate, on all sides.
The cutlets are transferred to a frying pan with hot oil.
The treat is fried over medium heat until lightly browned. Afterwards, the frying pan is covered with a lid, and the heating of the stove is reduced. Under such conditions, the treat is prepared for about a quarter of an hour. During this time, the cutlets will have time to bake inside.

Using the same recipe, you can prepare fish cutlets with filling. In this case, the processed cheese is placed inside the preparations before frying. The resulting cutlets are served with any side dish of your choice. For example, mashed potatoes, boiled cereals, pasta in any form are perfect for them.

An easy version of the side dish is made from zucchini. For it, vegetables are cut into cubes and lightly fried in a grill pan, baked in the oven or steamed. It’s also delicious to serve prepared zucchini with a sauce based on natural yogurt with garlic and salt.

Some facts about tilapia

There are only 96 kcal per 100 grams of fillet, which indicates that the fish is a dietary product.

Tilapia contains large reserves of vitamins B, E, K, useful microelements, and has large reserves of phosphorus, potassium, and iodine. By consuming just 100 grams of fish, you get a day's supply of protein.

People with diseases of the cardiovascular system (due to the high content of Omega-3 and Omega-6 acids) and diabetics should eat such fish with caution.

Under the diet coat

Tilapia (even a novice housewife can cook the fish deliciously) goes well with vegetables. You can take a variety of assorted dishes at once. Any vegetables will do here. For example, a mixture of peppers, onions and zucchini. A particularly tasty “fur coat” for fish will be obtained with the addition of not only vegetables, but also fruits.

Of the latter, an apple is best suited for the recipe. It is best to choose a sweet and sour fruit.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

tilapia – 650-700 g;
sweet peppers and zucchini – 300 g each;
onions and apples – 150 g each;
soy sauce and oil - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.;
spices, salt, herbs.

Firm apples work well for this recipe. The best spices for the recipe are suneli hops, chili, and paprika. Cilantro and parsley will fit perfectly into treats as greens. It is important to observe the ratio of pepper and apple in the recipe.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

The fish is washed and dried. For example, you can blot it on all sides with paper napkins or towels.
If necessary, the tilapia is cleaned of all excess - entrails, skin, head, tail. The remaining part is cut into thick strips.
Soy sauce is poured into the fish pieces. The latter is suitable not only for the classic one, but also for variants with different aromatic additives - with mushrooms, chili, garlic.
Lemon juice, 1 tbsp, is also added to the tilapia. l. vegetable oil. The fish is carefully mixed by hand. The marinade should thoroughly saturate the tilapia on all sides.
Apples and peppers are cleared of seeds. All dense partitions in the fruit are removed. The remaining parts are cut into wedges. You don't have to remove the skin from the apples. Pieces of fruit are cooked along with it.
The onion is peeled and washed. Afterwards it is cut into feathers. The zucchini gets rid of the skin and seeds. The remaining part is cut into miniature cubes.
The oil is heated in a frying pan. When the fat is hot enough, pieces of apples, zucchini and pepper are poured onto it. Together, the components cook for 6-7 minutes. In this case, the products are often stirred, but carefully so that the vegetable and fruit slices do not break or fall apart.
Fish pieces are removed from the liquid. They carefully squeeze out the marinade.
In the frying pan, the apple and vegetable mixture is pushed to the side. The remaining space is filled with fish. Salt and spices are added to it. Tilapia pieces are lightly fried on all sides.
Afterwards, you can mix the ingredients in the pan. The dish is covered with a lid. The contents of the container are left to simmer for about a quarter of an hour.
After the specified time has passed, the lid is opened and the consistency of the treat is assessed. If there is still a lot of juice left, then you need to turn up the heat to maximum and wait for the liquid to evaporate.
The top of the treat is sprinkled with chopped herbs. Immediately after this, the fire under the frying pan is turned off.

You can serve the delicacy to the table immediately hot. But it’s delicious to try it cold. The taste of the dish is self-sufficient and bright even without additional additives.

But you can add more pieces of soft bread to the treat. It’s delicious to combine fish in sauce with various side dishes (even dry ones).

Casserole with green peas

Tilapia (the fish can be prepared quickly and easily) can be served as a delicious casserole. Various vegetables go well with the main ingredient in the dish. In addition to onions, tomatoes and carrots, green peas are also taken as a treat. Canned is best. A whole standard jar of it is used.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

cleaned tilapia – 330-350 g;
onions, carrots - 1 pc.;
green peas (canned) – 1 standard jar;
cheese – 70-80 g;
sour cream – 170-200 g;
butter – 25-30 g;
cherry – 60-70 g;
olive oil – 2.5-3 tbsp. l.;
lemon – ½ piece;
salt.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

The onion is peeled and washed. The remaining part of the vegetable is randomly chopped. The resulting onion pieces are fried in olive oil. They should become soft. You can wait for the onions to lightly brown.
Cherries are washed and dried. There is no need to remove the skin from them. Vegetables are cut into quarters.
Then they immediately go to the onion. Together, the products simmer in the pan for a couple of minutes.
Carrots are washed, but not peeled. It is not boiled right in the skin until fully cooked. The process will take about 10 minutes. After boiled vegetables are peeled and cut into cubes.
The peas are poured into a colander. It is necessary that excess liquid is drained from the product.
Carrots and peas are transferred to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Everything mixes well.
The washed and dried fish fillet is cut into small pieces. They should turn out to be easy to bake and eat.
The resulting pieces of tilapia are laid out in portioned baking dishes. A soft vegetable mass is laid out on top of them. You can salt the ingredients to taste and use your favorite spices.
For the sauce, mix butter and juice, squeezed from half a lemon and strained from the seeds. The fat is pre-melted. This mass is salted and distributed over all components.
All that remains is to sprinkle the treat on top with grated cheese. In this form it is sent to bake in the oven. The dish is prepared at 175-180 degrees. The process will take about a quarter of an hour.

The finished casserole is immediately served to the table. It is best to place it on the table directly in small portioned forms. But you can also transfer the treats to plates. For decoration, you can sprinkle the delicacy with chopped herbs. For example, onions. It is delicious to complement the treat with bread or pita bread. Separately, it is also worth preparing a sauce from sour cream with mayonnaise, garlic and a mixture of your favorite spices.

Tilapia baked with mushrooms

What do you need:

tilapia fillet – 0.7-0.8 kg;
fresh champignons – 0.25 kg;
lemon juice – 40 ml;
onion – 0.2 kg;
cheese – 0.2 kg;
salt, pepper, mayonnaise, vegetable oil, herbs - to taste.

How to cook:

Sprinkle the tilapia fillet with salt and pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice. Leave to marinate for half an hour.
After washing and drying the mushrooms, cut into slices.
Cut the onion into small cubes.
Place the onion in a frying pan with heated oil and sauté until transparent.
Add mushrooms to the onions. Fry until the juices released from them evaporate.
Grease a heat-resistant dish with oil and place pieces of fish fillet into it.
Place the mushroom mixture on the fish.
In a separate container, mix coarsely grated cheese, finely chopped herbs, and mayonnaise.
Cover fish with mushrooms with cheese mixture.
Place the pan in the oven, preheat to 180 degrees.
Cook the tilapia with mushrooms at the indicated temperature for 30 minutes. During this time, the cheese will melt, turning into an appetizing hat.

Not every fish goes well with mushrooms; tilapia is one of those varieties that form a harmonious pair with them. So why not take advantage of this compatibility?

Tilapia with mint pesto

This recipe makes a very unusual treat. It is perfect for serving even on a holiday table. The fish is served cold in the form of rolls. You can take it with you on a picnic as a hearty snack. It’s interesting that such a hot dish is prepared in the microwave.

But the oven is also suitable for it.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

fish fillet (tilapia) – 160-170 g;
lemon juice – 1 tsp. (for marinating fish) + 1 tsp. (for pesto);
shrimp (small, already peeled), rice and cream cheese – 35-40 g each;
spinach and fresh mint – 4-5 sheets each;
green onions - 2 feathers;
garlic – 2-3 cloves;
peeled pistachios – 15-20 g;
sugar – ½ tsp;
olive oil – 2-2.5 tbsp. l.;
salt.

Salted pistachios are perfect for this dish. They are pre-shelled so that even small pieces do not end up in the finished dish. To serve ready-made treats to the table, you can take lettuce leaves.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

The fish fillet is washed and dried. Afterwards it is defrosted. It is allowed to do this in the microwave in the “below average” mode.
Afterwards the tilapia is cut into small portions. They are all sprinkled with lemon juice, strained from the seeds, on top. In this form, the fish is left for 12-14 minutes to marinate. This will not only make the taste of the final dish more vibrant and interesting, but also reduce cooking time.
The rice is washed to a clear liquid. Afterwards it is boiled. You can also do this in the microwave. For the indicated amount of rice for cooking, take approximately 2 tbsp. boiling water The top of the dish is covered with a film in which several holes are made at once for steam to escape. In this form, the cereal is cooked at maximum power for 13-14 minutes. If you decide to cook rice in the microwave, then the product must be placed in boiling water and not in cold water. The liquid is preheated.
For the sauce, the mint is washed and dried. Afterwards it goes into the blender bowl. Peeled salted pistachio nuts are also added there. Garlic cloves without husks are poured out on top. All components are mixed together with a blender. You should get a homogeneous paste. This will be the original fish sauce.
Lemon juice, sugar, and olive oil are added to the sauce. If the pistachios are already salted, then you don’t need to add additional salt. All sauce components are mixed well. If desired, you can use your favorite spices for the sauce.
Place the fish pieces on a heat-resistant dish. In this form, they are cooked at full power in the microwave for 3 minutes. But you can do without a microwave by baking the fish in the oven or frying it in a frying pan.
For the filling, the pulp of all peeled shrimp is placed in a blender bowl. To do this, they first get rid of shells, legs, heads, and tails. Hands carefully pull out intestinal wreaths from seafood. Afterwards the shrimp are boiled or fried. You can first cook seafood directly in their shells, and only then clean it.
In a blender bowl, the prepared shrimp are mixed with cream cheese. Fresh spinach leaves are also sent there. Together the components are blended with a blender until smooth. This will be the filling for the treat.
The fish fillet is cut in half. Small bones are carefully removed from it. Shrimp mixture is placed on the edge of the fish fillet. The workpiece is carefully rolled into a tight roll. The future treat is tied with green onion feathers.
In this form, the roll is baked in the microwave until completely cooked. The power is set to maximum. It is important not to overcook the treat in the microwave so that it does not fall apart. To make rolling the roll easier, you can use a special sushi mat.

The resulting delicacy is cut into small pieces. You can immediately serve the appetizer cold to the table. Pieces of roll are laid out on a large dish covered with lettuce leaves. The top of the treat is optionally sprinkled with any fresh herbs.

Also, for decoration, between the pieces of appetizer you can place cherry tomatoes, slices of fresh cucumber, boiled broccoli and place miniature containers with sauce.

On skewers with zucchini

When preparing tilapia in combination with zucchini, the resulting dish is not only very tasty and juicy, but also healthy. It is perfect for a diet menu. Be sure to prepare a fragrant marinade for the treat and choose young zucchini with miniature seeds that do not need to be removed.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

tilapia fillet – 850-870 g;
young zucchini – 1 piece;
lemon and lime zest, garlic powder and hot mustard - 1 tsp each;
cinnamon, dried chili, oil.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

The fish fillet is washed and dried. Afterwards the product is cut into strips. Each should be approximately 2.5 cm wide. Do not make the tilapia pieces too thick. Otherwise, they may take a long time to cook inside.
Fish fillets are placed in a bowl. It is salted to taste. Grated lime and lemon zest are scattered on top. You can take part of only one fruit, but in double portions. Cinnamon is added here (to taste and desire, 1 pinch will be enough), pepper, mustard, garlic. The latter gets rid of the husks and finely rubs. The components are carefully mixed thoroughly. Telapia with all the additives is left in this form for about half an hour.
The zucchini is washed and dried. It is peeled with a sharp knife. The remaining part is cut into thin slices. It is convenient to do this with a special knife. There is no need to remove small seeds from young zucchini.
Each fish strip is rolled up. It tightly covers the zucchini. The ends of the vegetable preparation are securely fixed. The components are strung on skewers.
A deep frying pan is lightly washed with oil. The dishes heat up well. Place skewers with all the ingredients on top. They are fried on all sides until a light golden brown crust appears.

The finished kebabs are laid out on a plate or cutting board. They are served with a variety of white sauces. For example, to prepare the latter, you can mix sour cream, mayonnaise, chopped garlic, and mustard. Store-bought garlic sauce will also work. For example, from Heinz.

Fish sticks with sauce

Ingredients:

tilapia fillet – 800 g;
chicken egg – 4 pcs.;
dill greens – 1 bunch;
breadcrumbs – 350 g;
vegetable oil;
salt and pepper.

Cut the fish fillet into strips. Pinch off the dill from several branches, chop it, and place it on a cutting board for 15 minutes to dry the greens. Combine dill with flour, stir until evenly distributed. Beat the egg with salt and ground black pepper. Form sticks. To do this, roll the fish in flour and dip in the egg. Transfer to a bowl with breadcrumbs. Cover the semi-finished product on all sides.

Fry in small batches for 1 minute on each side. Place the finished product on a plate lined with several layers of paper napkins. This will help rid him of excess fat.

Sauce

The ideal combination is fish and white sauce. You can cook Tartar. You can do it step by step like this:

Combine sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions into a deep bowl.
Stir until smooth.
Add dill, a little basil, pepper, garlic. The latter is best prepared using a special press.
Add a drop of lemon juice to the prepared sauce.

Another option is milk cheese sauce. Take milk and vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:2. Beat the ingredients with a blender until a thick mass is obtained. Add mustard, salt, sugar, vinegar, spices. Beat for 5 minutes. Add chopped parsley and grated cheese to the sauce. Mix all ingredients.

Useful tips and tricks

The following tips will help you prepare delicious tilapia dishes according to different recipes:

the fish under discussion contains little fat, so it is worth adding juiciness to it already during the baking or stewing process (for example, you can simmer the product with any liquid - sauce, wine, water, broth);
tilapia loves spices and citrus juices (lemon, lime);
The fish turns out to be especially tasty when fried in breading - then it will be juicy, tender on the inside and crispy on the outside;
The easiest way is to bread tilapia pieces in a mixture of flour and aromatic herbs;
Wheat flour, as well as almond or coconut flour, are good for breading fish;
It’s delicious to roll the tilapia in breadcrumbs (for this breading, white bread is crushed to a flour-like consistency; you can also mix it with any chopped nuts or cheese shavings);
Batter perfectly preserves the juiciness of fish (the easiest way to prepare it is from eggs, flour and herbs - mix all the ingredients until the consistency of thick sour cream);
It is important to heat the oil for frying in a frying pan well (if the fat is not hot enough, the batter will slide off the pieces and the tilapia meat will spread);
fish in different dishes will go perfectly with cream, mushrooms, any vegetables and sauces.

You can cook delicious tilapia using more than 30 recipes. For example, fish goes well with dairy products, vegetables, some fruits, and cereals. You can even cook it in the form of kebabs or snack rolls.