Golden Tilapia

"This tasty recipe for tilapia is quite easy to make. I got it off of FoodNetwork.com. and just slightly modified it. The recipe calls for the fish to marinade for 20 minutes, but I bet it would be even better if marinated for longer. Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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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

  1. We enjoyed this. I did let the fish marinade longer. I prepared it in the morning and the fish marinaded until supper. While we enjoyed it we will probably lessen the amount of or omit the cloves as that flavor seemed a little overpowering.
     
  2. This was pretty good! My husband and I both enjoyed it. Something different and very tasty. I forgot to reserve 1/2 the marinade, which would have been good spooned over the fish and the white rice I served with it. Will not forget next time!
     
  3. Pretty good! I do think it's a bit heavy on the garlic powder though and may use fresh garlic next time. I thought the amount of cloves was fine, though I noticed the directions leave out the cloves (I'm assuming they get put in with the other spices). I will probably make this again!
     
  4. 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.
     
  5. This was okay. We just didn't think it was anything fanastic. It just seemed to be lacking something in the sauce, and I can't think what it could be. Maybe I'll try fresh garlic the 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.
 
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