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Interests => All Things Edible (and how to prepare them) => Recipes => Topic started by: BEG on January 03, 2010, 07:46:22 PM
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Broiled Tilapia Parmesan (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Broiled-Tilapia-Parmesan/Detail.aspx)
I made this the other night and everyone LOVED it. There are over 4,000 reviews of this recipe on allrecipes.com and it received 4.5 stars out of 5. I followed some suggestions in the reviews by adding old bay seasoning and sprinkling it with bread crumbs before broiling it. There are also other ideas in the reviews as well if you wand to follow the link and read them. Also it took a little longer to cook than it said in the recipe but my tilapia might have been a little frozen still and I also have two broil settings on my oven, mini broil and high broil or something like that, I used mini broil and that could have made a difference.
What to Drink?
Sauvignon Blanc
Prep Time:
5 Min Cook Time:
10 Min Ready In:
15 Min
Servings (Help)
USMetricCalculate
Original Recipe Yield 8 servings
Ingredients
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
2 pounds tilapia fillets
Directions
Preheat your oven's broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line pan with aluminum foil.
In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.
Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the top
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Sounds good. I'm on a seafood kick too. I'll try this post-hospital stay.
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Wait ...
People EAT Tilapia ????
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Wait ...
People EAT Tilapia ????
I like of like the non fish taste of tilapia. It kind of tastes like nothing.
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I like of like the non fish taste of tilapia. It kind of tastes like nothing.
My dyslexia...it's a funny thing...I always see "the labia" when I see the word "tilapia". Then you mention a non-fish taste.............I have to giggle.
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My dyslexia...it's a funny thing...I always see "the labia" when I see the word "tilapia". Then you mention a non-fish taste.............I have to giggle.
LOL you made me laugh out loud for real. My daughter kept asking me what I was laughing at.
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I like of like the non fish taste of tilapia. It kind of tastes like nothing.
In the part of the country I live in tilapia are a declared pest. You aren't allowed to keep them OR release them if you catch one. They must be killed end buried at least so many feet from the water.
My experience is that they were nasty slimy stinky things - but I suspect that was a function of environment rather than genetics.
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In the part of the country I live in tilapia are a declared pest. You aren't allowed to keep them OR release them if you catch one. They must be killed end buried at least so many feet from the water.
My experience is that they were nasty slimy stinky things - but I suspect that was a function of environment rather than genetics.
Interesting and now you have totally ruined eating tilapia for me ever again.
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Interesting and now you have totally ruined eating tilapia for me ever again.
It's probably good eating - I mean people eat catfish over there from what I hear as well.
I'm somewhat of a seafood snob, living as I do on the coast right near a somewhat substantial coral reef.
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It's probably good eating - I mean people eat catfish over there from what I hear as well.
I'm somewhat of a seafood snob, living as I do on the coast right near a somewhat substantial coral reef.
Catfish can be really good, if fresh and correctly prepared.
But you really don't want to think about the fish itself and what it eats.... :lmao:
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Catfish can be really good, if fresh and correctly prepared.
But you really don't want to think about the fish itself and what it eats.... :lmao:
I love shrimp and crayfish - which are the maggots and cockroaches of the ocean.
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I love shrimp and crayfish - which are the maggots and cockroaches of the ocean.
Same difference...
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There was a show, Dirty Jobs I think it was, that showed a fish farm raising bass. The bass were fed a high quality fish food, but the uneaten remainder and, well, processed food needed to be removed from the water. They used tilapia to clean the tanks. The tilapia would eat the left-over food as well as the bass feces. Once large enough, the tilapia were sold as farm raised food fish.
There were some Ecuadoran tilapia farms that raised them as primary stock and used good quality feed. They were tasty and much better than the unfortunate Chinese tilapia we once made the mistake of buying. I can't buy any farm raised Chinese fish. I've seen the pictures of their water quality. * shudder *
As for catfish, American farm raised catfish is out of this world. They're usually channel catfish, raised on high quality fish feed. The taste is so much better quality than an ol' stinky mud cat that most people seem to equate with catfish.
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It's pretty near impossible to screw up tilapia. Which leads me to the question: Where the hell did tilapia come from? I never heard of it before a few years ago.
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It's pretty near impossible to screw up tilapia. Which leads me to the question: Where the hell did tilapia come from? I never heard of it before a few years ago.
Same here. A friend mentioned tilapia a couple of years ago, I was like WTf is that? Now, it takes up most of the fish area in the grocery stores.
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It's pretty near impossible to screw up tilapia. Which leads me to the question: Where the hell did tilapia come from? I never heard of it before a few years ago.
I remember years ago...maybe about 10-12....we were in Covington KY across the river from Cincy at a really really nice restaurant and they had tilapia as the fish special for the evening.
I was going to try it cause the way it was prepared sounded really good. The other half, being a fisherperson ever since a child, said he'd never heard of it, and I might not want to do that. So I ordered the salmon.
He asks the server where it came from and she said the Caribbean. He...who never orders fish more than 100 miles from the coast....decides he wants to try it.
About 5 hours later..... :puke: I thought we were never going to get back to TN the next day....he probably should have been in a hospital.
I have never tried tilapia...and he's never ordered fish again except when at the beach....and only orders locally caught fish.
Tilapia seems to be a rather generic name for several different fish....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia
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I think most of what you see now is farmed.
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There was a show, Dirty Jobs I think it was, that showed a fish farm raising bass. The bass were fed a high quality fish food, but the uneaten remainder and, well, processed food needed to be removed from the water. They used tilapia to clean the tanks. The tilapia would eat the left-over food as well as the bass feces. Once large enough, the tilapia were sold as farm raised food fish.
There were some Ecuadoran tilapia farms that raised them as primary stock and used good quality feed. They were tasty and much better than the unfortunate Chinese tilapia we once made the mistake of buying. I can't buy any farm raised Chinese fish. I've seen the pictures of their water quality. * shudder *
As for catfish, American farm raised catfish is out of this world. They're usually channel catfish, raised on high quality fish feed. The taste is so much better quality than an ol' stinky mud cat that most people seem to equate with catfish.
Hence why they are called "Toilet trout"! :-)
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Hence why they are called "Toilet trout"! :-)
Around here , we call carp sewer trout.
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There has been a rumor for several yrs that a guy down the road from us, raises carp in his cesspool....I can't verify that, because I refuse to go near that area, but it sounds about right ...YUCK!
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Now that you all ruined tilapia for me, what am I going to do with the other 5 I have in the freezer?
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Cats love fish.... :lmao:
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so do raccoons.... :-)
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Now that you all ruined tilapia for me, what am I going to do with the other 5 I have in the freezer?
If they tasted good the first time - They'll taste just as good this time. Chow down !.
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so do raccoons.... :-)
Yep..And if the cats and racoons turn up their noses at it,might want to just bury them somewhere.... :rotf: :-)
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Tilapia is nice. I like a simple blackened filet with cajun seasoning. Costco has a store-brand cajun seasoning that is very good and pretty close to what most restaurants use on their menu.
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You guys have ruined BEG's thread! I like tilapia, although it does need lots of help flavor-wise. A friend of mine does this:
Mix together chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil, lemon & parsley, s&p in bowl. Spread tilapias with mayo, place on a sheet of foil (individually). Top with tomato mixture, fold into a packet and place them in a baking sheet. 350 degrees 30-40 minutes.
If you're ruined forever on tilapia, BEG, you could designate a pumpkin patch and bury them there. Pumpkins love fish.
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You guys have ruined BEG's thread! I like tilapia, although it does need lots of help flavor-wise. A friend of mine does this:
Mix together chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil, lemon & parsley, s&p in bowl. Spread tilapias with mayo, place on a sheet of foil (individually). Top with tomato mixture, fold into a packet and place them in a baking sheet. 350 degrees 30-40 minutes.
If you're ruined forever on tilapia, BEG, you could designate a pumpkin patch and bury them there. Pumpkins love fish.
This I did not know. Is it specifically pumpkins, or all vining squashes?? The meat of the fish, or the whole shebang?
FWIW, I use tilapia when I make Irish Fish Stew. It is a helluva lot cheaper than cod, although given the choice I would use cod. But it works quite nicely.
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You practically have to hold a gun to my head to eat ANY kind of fish or seafood.
I was ruined by many who wouldn't know a fresh fish if it jumped out of the water in their lap. Consequently, I just can't get past the fish smell, if it isn't absolutely, completely fresh.
Shrimp - fuggetaboudit. Lobster - too much of a pain in the ass to eat. Bibs and shell pieces and tiny little forks and claw crackers. Mussels - they look like large, smooth rocks. Scallops - they look like a pale turd. Clams and oysters -- um, I'm not going there.
Also, the stuff is so freakin' expensive. Just gimme a steak. It's a lot cheaper and a lot less hassle.
Oh, and I bequeath my life's ration of shrimp to LC. It sounds like he needs 'em more than I do!
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You practically have to hold a gun to my head to eat ANY kind of fish or seafood.
I was ruined by many who wouldn't know a fresh fish if it jumped out of the water in their lap. Consequently, I just can't get past the fish smell, if it isn't absolutely, completely fresh.
Shrimp - fuggetaboudit. Lobster - too much of a pain in the ass to eat. Bibs and shell pieces and tiny little forks and claw crackers. Mussels - they look like large, smooth rocks. Scallops - they look like a pale turd. Clams and oysters -- um, I'm not going there.
Also, the stuff is so freakin' expensive. Just gimme a steak. It's a lot cheaper and a lot less hassle.
Oh, and I bequeath my life's ration of shrimp to LC. It sounds like he needs 'em more than I do!
You sound so much like the other half on the fish thing....
He will occasionally eat shrimp cocktail, won't eat crab, loves FRESH oysters - hard to get here, likes lobster but ohhhh so expensive, and that's about it....
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Iassa, the whole shebang. Heads, guts, anything else. I'm not sure about other vining gourds, but I don't see why not.
My other half won't eat much seafood either. An occasional breaded fish, in a sandwich, or some cold shrimp.
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Although we like seafood, like Eupher, when you live in cattle country, why pay ten to fifteen bucks a pound for a meal, when you can go with a nice steak for half the price, and have more to eat.......
On Tilapia......tried it once, and found that it was so tasteless that we ended up using it in a seafood pasta dish Mrs. doc makes, kinda reminded me of eating wet cardboard.
When we do eat seafood, we usually buy frozen Mahi Mahi from Sam's, and broiled with a bit of Teryaki sauce, and served on a bed of wild rice is pretty good. To my palate, Mahi Mahi does not really taste like fish, and it has the texture of tender chicken........it's pretty good.
doc
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Here's what we've done with tilapia:
1 lime, juiced
couple or three tablespoons of tequila
1/4 onion, 1 garlic clove lightly crushed
salt, pepper
couple tablespoons of oil
Throw that in a bag with the tilapia to marinate for half an hour then grill. Turns out pretty awesome.
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I picked up a tilapia fillet on the way home from the hospital last night, will probably eat it tonight. Here's what I'm thinking...
Coat lightly with italian bread crumbs, a little salt and pepper, maybe a dash of Old Bay
saute in olive oil with a bit of garlic and a dab of butter
squirt on some lemon juice near the end
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I picked up a tilapia fillet on the way home from the hospital last night, will probably eat it tonight. Here's what I'm thinking...
Coat lightly with italian bread crumbs, a little salt and pepper, maybe a dash of Old Bay
saute in olive oil with a bit of garlic and a dab of butter
squirt on some lemon juice near the end
Tilapia isn't a strong-flavored fish, so garlic may be a little overwhelming. I'd also go with straight bread crumbs, not the Italian-flavored type. Lemon is good and just a dash of Old Bay and I think you're there.
Of course, I've known guys who ate garlic with everything - even oatmeal. Whatevah floats yer boat! :cheersmate:
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I picked up a tilapia fillet on the way home from the hospital last night, will probably eat it tonight. Here's what I'm thinking...
Coat lightly with italian bread crumbs, a little salt and pepper, maybe a dash of Old Bay
saute in olive oil with a bit of garlic and a dab of butter
squirt on some lemon juice near the end
Sounds good enough to eat....can't go wrong with garlic, lemon juice and butter, and the bread crumbs give it that little bit of uumph...Hope it was good....
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It came out quite tasty. I lightly seasoned the top side with salt, pepper, garlic granules, cajun seasoning, and old bay, then sprinkled on some bread crumbs, and shook it all off. Laid that in hot oil which had a tiny bit of butter in it, and repeated seasoning, minus the bread crumbs. I just sprinkled a very tiny amount of bread crumbs on the bottom half. After turning, I dripped a few drops of both lime and lemon juice on. Ended up with a very light crispy crust.
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It came out quite tasty. I lightly seasoned the top side with salt, pepper, garlic granules, cajun seasoning, and old bay, then sprinkled on some bread crumbs, and shook it all off. Laid that in hot oil which had a tiny bit of butter in it, and repeated seasoning, minus the bread crumbs. I just sprinkled a very tiny amount of bread crumbs on the bottom half. After turning, I dripped a few drops of both lime and lemon juice on. Ended up with a very light crispy crust.
You can come cook at my house anytime...My mouth is watering....Any good Super Bowl foods in the works????
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We tried Tilapia a couple of times. I think the closest thing it comes to is Sun Fish (Bluegills, only twice as big) Pretty tasteless which is what my wife likes in fish. This gives me an idea, when I went Sunfish fishing, we pounded up some saltine crackers, added pepper, coated the filets and pan fried the filets. Came out great.
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Ate some really good Walleye last week at a family restaurant..The coated it in cornmeal and a bit of flour, salt and pepper, and it was absolutely fantastic, just like my Mom used to do..Crispy tasty, no fishy taste. So the crackers, salt and pepper would be fine too....