Gatorbek's Breaded and Fried Tilapia
"The spicy breading gives this dish a kick without overpowering the mild tilapia flavor. Excellent with a good remoulade sauce!"
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- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 medium tilapia fillets
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne, to taste
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning
- salt and pepper
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil (or frying oil of choice)
- 1 tablespoon butter
directions
- In a pie plate, lightly beat eggs with mayonnaise.
- Combine dry ingredients (bread crumbs, onion powder, mustard, cayenne, garlic powder, Old Bay, and S&P) in another pie plate.
- Over medium-high heat, heat oil and butter in a large, heavy skillet.
- Dip fish in egg mixture, then dredge through bread crumbs.
- Place in hot oil and fry until done, 2-3 minutes per side or until fish flakes easily.
- Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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Absolutely amazing. Fresh Talapia fried in canola oil. Homemade tarter sauce to boot. Omg!!! -
Tried this recipe for the first time today and as usual, the first time I make no changes to the recipe. I follow the recipe to the letter. I will say thought, this recipe will need no adjustments! It is perfect the way it is written! Just for your information, I cooked with Peanut Oil because of the high smoke point .
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Without thought to caloric intake is the very best way to eat this for lunch. -
This was excellent. we like tilapia a lot and eat it often. Thanks for another great way to fix it. -
Great tilapia. I made this for a fish sandwich with tartar sauce, and coleslaw. Will use this recipe many times as DH and I loved it.
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My bf and I really, really enjoyed this! You are so right too, the flavor of the breading complements the mild Tilapia, but does not overpower it at all. Wonderful blend of flavors and a nice zing. I followed recipe exactly except I did use Eggbeaters in place of the egg and halved the recipe for 2 fillets. My fillets were thin; my instinct was to reserve half of the breading mixture for another time, but I forgot to and ended up wasting 1/4 cup or more of breading mixture (oops!). I agree the egg and mayo worked great to help the breading stick better. Oh yeah, I also replaced the butter with Smart Balance with Flaxseed Oil spread. This was a wonderful new Tilapia recipe for me to add to our repertoire. Bf gives this a very enthusiastic 5 stars (rare for him to give 5). When I saw this in a recipe tag game, I couldn't wait for it to be offered again, lol. Thanks for sharing Gatorbek! I served this with a few drops of lemon juice on each fillet and some bottled tartar sauce, and Recipe #297298. YummY!!
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I live on the coast of Florida, near St. Pete. Great seafood abounds here! Cooking good, family friendly meals is my passion, and my kids are as into it as I am. (My 3 year old cracks a mean egg!)
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