Quick And Easy Baked Tilapia Recipe
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Easy Baked Tilapia is a perfect way to introduce your children to fish. This recipe is also easy to kick up a notch by adding your favorite salsa on top.
Easy Baked Tilapia Recipe
If you are wanting an easy dinner recipe, this Easy Baked Tilapia is the way to go. You can bake a couple of filets or fill a casserole dish to feed the whole family – it’s that simple.
Barbara’s girls eat this every time without complaining. And it’s healthy.
Don’t be scared to introduce your kids to fish. Tilapia has a very mild flavor so it is a great fish to incorporate into your family dinner rotation. This Easy Baked Tilapia is a great alternative to frozen fish sticks.
And if you are like our family, we are always looking for good fish recipes, especially during Lent (although we all enjoy fish year round) when we eat fish every Friday.
You could use any seasoning blend in your cabinet, but Barbara’s girls prefer Shoup’s Seasoning. If you can’t find Shoup’s Seasoning, you can make your own house blend by mixing salt, black pepper and garlic powder.
Do not overcook your fish. It will be done when it easily flakes and is just opaque throughout.
Add a couple sides, and you’ve got dinner. A simple house salad and sweet potato does the trick for us.
If this recipe seems a bit bland to you, add our Black Bean Caviar Salsa to the top of your fish for some extra flavor.
Easy Baked Tilapia
Ingredient List
- Boneless Skinless Tilapia Filets
- Olive Oil
- Seasoning (garlic powder, black pepper and salt)
How to Make Baked Tilapia
Step by Step Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spray a large baking dish or pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Arrange thawed tilapia in the prepared dish.
- Drizzle both sides of the tilapia with olive oil.
- Sprinkle generously with seasoning blend on both sides.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cooked through. Fish should flake easily with a fork when done, and shouldn’t be mushy.
- Serve along side you favorite side dishes or something easy such as rice, sweet potato or cauliflower rice.
Storage Instructions
Let leftovers cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Recipe Variations
- Top with a pat of butter or brush with melted butter instead of olive oil. Try mixing melted butter with minced garlic for a garlic butter sauce.
- Squeeze with fresh lemon juice or add lemon zest with the seasonings. Or, use fresh lime juice, and then dice up the tilapia for fish tacos.
- Use any type of dried herb or seasoning such as onion powder, paprika, lemon pepper, garlic powder, ground cumin, dried basil, etc.
- Substitute cod or halibut for tilapia. The cook time may be increased if the fish filet is larger.
- Make a parmesan cheese breading with panko to make parmesan-crusted tilapia.
- Garnish with fresh herbs such as parsley or dill.
Can you cook tilapia straight from the freezer?
Yes, frozen fish can be cooked from the frozen, straight from the freezer.
Easy Baked Tilapia
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless Tilapia fillets thawed
- 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon Shoup's Seasoning or salt, black pepper, garlic powder mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Arrange thawed filets in a glass baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
- Drizzle filets with olive oil and season generously with Shoup’s seasoning (or a mixture of salt, black pepper and garlic powder).
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cooked through (easily flakes and is just opaque throughout).
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