Tilapia With Onion Crust

"Tilapia fillets breaded with a crumb mixture of carmelized onions and fresh herbs. The onions add a sweet flavor to the crust."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
2
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ingredients

  • 340.19 g tilapia fillet
  • 236.59 ml onion, chopped
  • 14.79 ml olive oil
  • 44.37 ml herbs, chopped fine
  • 236.59 ml plain breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • olive oil (for frying)
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directions

  • NOTE: Use any fresh herb such as basil, sage, rosemary or a combination.
  • Heat the oil in a heavy pan, add the onion and fry until caramelized (brown).
  • In a separate bowl, combine the bread crumbs and herbs.
  • Add the caramelized onions to the crumb mixture and combine well.
  • Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper.
  • Dip fish into the beaten egg, then into the crumb mixture and pat lightly to help crumbs adhere to fillet. I usually refrigerate the breaded fish for 15 minutes or so, but this is just my preference.
  • Pan fry in olive oil til crust is golden and fish is of desired doneness, about 5 minute per side.
  • Serve with your favorite side dish. I like mine with plain steamed basmati rice and cold sliced cucumbers.

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Reviews

  1. Lovely, subtle flavors. Thank you for posting!
     
  2. Instead of frying the onions I used ready fried onion flakes mixed with Panko crumbs. I didn't dip them in egg just pressed the crumbs into the fish. The fish I chose was Capensis, similar in flavor to Tilapia. It may sound like I made a lot of changes but the recipe really was bascically the same and immensly enjoiyed.
     
  3. I whipped this up one evening when I was looking for a little something new to do with Tilapia. Wonderful flavor. The carmelized onion really adds a nice flavor to this dish. DH who doesn't care for fish even ate a good helping of it. Will be makinig this again in our house. Thanks for posting.
     
  4. We had this tonight. I used fresh parsley but didnt have any other fresh herbs so used italian bread crumbs. Had a little trouble making the crumbs stick to the fillets but DH said wonderful taste.
     
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  1. Instead of frying the onions I used ready fried onion flakes mixed with Panko crumbs. I didn't dip them in egg just pressed the crumbs into the fish. The fish I chose was Capensis, similar in flavor to Tilapia. It may sound like I made a lot of changes but the recipe really was bascically the same and immensly enjoiyed.
     

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