Fillets cooking.
Making fresh fish your main course for dinner tonight is easier than you might think. Baked tilapia is healthy, filling and economical. It's also a great way to shake up your weekly dinner menu that almost surely includes chicken breasts. Baking tilapia requires little preparation and cooks in a short period of time. The crushed red pepper and minced garlic in this recipe combine to give you a beautifully flavored main course for your dinner. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Rinse and pat dry your tilapia fillets. Set aside.
3. Melt butter or margarine in small sauce pan.
4. Add minced garlic, crushed red pepper, dill weed and parsley to melted butter. Stir over medium heat until garlic starts to brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
5. Spray baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
6. Lay tilapia fillets in baking dish and season with salt and pepper.
7. Pour butter and seasoning mixture over fillets. Top each fillet with two lemon slices.
8. Put baking dish on middle rack in oven. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until fillets flake easily with a fork.
Tags: baking dish, crushed pepper, main course, minced garlic, tilapia fillets