Golden Tilapia

photo by berry271


- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 4 tilapia fillets
- salt and pepper
directions
- Simmer in a saucepan over medium heat the sugar, soy sauce, water, lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Add the ginger, garlic, and pepper and cook until the sauce is reduced by half.
- Allow the sauce to cool and then marinade the fillets in 1/2 of the sauce for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. Reserve the remaining sauce.
- Remove fillets from the marinade. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat skillet to medium high. Add oil to skillet and saute the fillets for about two minutes on each side until golden brown.
- Reheat the reserved sauce.
- Place fillets on baking dish or cookie sheet and finish in oven for 5-7 minutes or until done.
- Serve with reserved sauce.
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Reviews
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Exccellent sauce, I could eat the sauce by itself..it's tasty on white rice, too! I agree, also, Cousin Christie, that it would be so worth it to marinate the tilapia a lot longer than 20 mins. I marinated mine for almost 40mins, although I had meant to follow the stated time, it ended up marinating a bit longer. I used only 2 fillets, but kept sauce ingred amts the same. The sauce smelled so good while cooking. I accidentally misread the directions and so heated up all the sauce ingreds instead of waiting... oh well no biggie. I did add a bit of pepper in after the sauce was hot though. Very different flavor, very nice flavor, very glad I tried this. Beautiful combination of flavors. Zingy, a tad sweet, and a bit warm-spicy. I could taste every ingredient, complemented the tilapia really well. My bf enjoyed this too, but he's a less descriptive, he simply says 'it's pretty good'. Served this with sliced coked carrots and white rice. Might have to try this with chicken breasts..make lots more sauce too. :) Thank you for this different sauce/recipe! :) After I'd already written and submitted my original review, my bf told me he thought that the sauce was a bit strong on the ground cloves, said his tongue went numb a couple times. Heh, it was a bit strong, but didn't stop either of us from eating it. :) I'll lessen the ground cloves next time.
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Hi, I live in the suburban Seattle area with my boyfriend and two dogs. I'm a Realtor, and when I'm not working I enjoy spending my time cooking (of course!), gardening, and spending time with my family.