Tilapia With Adobo Cream Sauce

gailanng's Note:

A panfried, crispy cornmeal coating with a delicious adobo cream sauce.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons adobo seasoning (plus the 2 teaspoons listed below)
• 2 teaspoons adobo seasoning (many good recipes on food.com)
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sea salt, divided
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 4 (6 -8 ounce) tilapia fillets
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons butter

Directions:

1. For Adobo Cream Sauce: In mixing bowl combine mayonnaise, sour cream, 2 teaspoons adobo seasoning, lemon peel, lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
2. Whisk egg in shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl combine remaining adobo seasoning, flour, cornmeal and remaining salt.
3. Dip fillets in egg and coat with cornmeal mixture.
4. Heat oil and butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté fillets 3-4 minutes. Turn over; cook until fish just flakes with a fork (3-4 minutes).
5. Transfer fillets to serving platter; serve with Adobo Cream Sauce.

Reviews

[Nancy's Pantry]

Great recipe -- loved the tilapia cooked this way. The combination of the flour and cornmeal made a very light breading. The sauce was great; however, my adobo seasoning was a little salty so I reduced the amount used in the breading mixture and deleted the salt. Finally, a fish that does not taste fishy!!!! We will definitely be having this dish again! Made for the AUS/NZ Make My Recipe Tag, November, 2011.