Tilapia in a frying pan

Tilapia in a frying pan in batter, breaded, in sauce or with vegetables is the most popular option for preparing the delicious and lean meat of this fish. You can only buy frozen, so proper defrosting is important. The easiest way to fry fish in a frying pan is flour breading, but it is batter or sauces that make the dish juicy. The taste of tilapia is complemented with various seasonings.

Tilapia fried in batter in a frying pan

Tilapia fried in batter in a frying pan is always juicy, and the batter neutralizes the river smell of fish. There are different types of batter for fish; in this recipe we will prepare a nut batter, which does not need any additional spices. The recipe is simple, but the tilapia will be very appetizing and tasty. Defrost the tilapia on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator or by immersing it and the bag in cold water.

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   Rinse thawed tilapia fillets with cold water, dry with a napkin, and cut into pieces. Place the sliced ​​tilapia on a flat plate and sprinkle with salt and black pepper to your taste. Leave the tilapia to marinate for 10 minutes.
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   In a dry frying pan, lightly fry the peeled walnuts, cool and grind with a blender or coffee grinder into very fine crumbs.
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   Pour breadcrumbs into a separate bowl, add chopped nuts and mix well.
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   Add a little salt and black pepper to this mixture and stir again.
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   In a bowl, beat one egg with a fork or whisk. Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan. First dip the tilapia pieces into the beaten egg.
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   Then roll both sides well in nut breading.
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   Fry the tilapia in hot oil over low heat until crispy on both sides.
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   Place tilapia fried in batter in a frying pan onto portioned plates and serve with a side dish and vegetables. Bon appetit!

Fried tilapia fillet in flour

Fried tilapia fillet in flour, juicy, aromatic, and with a crispy crust will be a quick and tasty dinner for you. In this recipe, we take dry garlic and black pepper as seasonings and add them to the breading. We defrost the fillet in advance and fry it in olive oil, which will be tastier than in vegetable oil.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Tilapia fillet – 450 gr.
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 20 gr.
• Dry garlic – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Ground black pepper to taste – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Rinse the thawed tilapia fillet with cold water and wipe dry with a napkin.

Step 2. Pour the amount of flour with salt and seasonings indicated in the recipe into a small bag. Mix these ingredients. If you have more fish, adjust the flour and seasoning proportions accordingly.

Step 3. Place the prepared fillet into the bag and shake it well until it is completely covered with the flour mixture.Remove the fillets from the bag and shake off any excess mixture.

Step 4. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat.

Step 5. Place the flour-breaded fillet into hot oil and fry over medium heat for 2 minutes on each side.

Step 6. Transfer the fried fillet from the frying pan to paper towels to remove excess oil.

Step 7. Transfer the tilapia fillet fried in flour to a serving plate, add a side dish with hot sauce and serve hot. Bon appetit!

Tilapia in creamy sauce in a frying pan

Tilapia, for its tender and dietary meat, similar to chicken breast, is sometimes called “river chicken” and the option of preparing it in a creamy sauce is very successful, and also simple and fast. In this recipe, we marinate the tilapia in lemon juice, fry it a little and then simmer it in cream with fried onions.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Tilapia fillet – 700 gr.
• Cream 10-20% – 200 ml.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Thaw the tilapia fillet in advance, rinse with cold water and cut into pieces of any size.

Step 2. Transfer the tilapia pieces into a separate bowl, sprinkle with salt and any fish seasonings to your taste, and sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix gently and leave to marinate for 10 minutes.

Step 3. Finely chop the peeled onion and fry until light golden brown in hot vegetable oil. Then transfer the onion from the frying pan to a plate.

Step 4. Bread the tilapia pieces in flour and you can also add seasonings to the breading.

Step 5.In onion oil over high heat, quickly fry the tilapia pieces until golden brown.

Step 6: Spread the onions evenly on top of the fried tilapia.

Step 7. Then pour cream over the tilapia with onions, it is better to use thicker cream.

Step 8. Simmer the fish over low heat and cover with a lid for 10 minutes. Tilapia cooked in a frying pan in a creamy sauce, arrange into portioned plates, add a side dish and serve hot. Bon appetit!

Tilapia fried with onions

Tilapia fried with onions can be a quick and tasty dinner for the whole family, especially when there is a shortage of time and desire for cooking. In this recipe, fry tilapia fillets in flour breading and add onions. The amount of ingredients is taken according to the personal taste of the hostess.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Tilapia fillet – 6 pcs.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Lemon juice – 2 tbsp.
• Wheat flour - for breading.
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Greens - for serving.

Cooking process:

Step 1: Thaw tilapia fillets at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Rinse it with cold water and remove excess moisture with a napkin.

Step 2. Then sprinkle the fillet with salt and seasonings to your taste and pour over lemon juice.

Step 3. Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan. Bread each tilapia fillet in flour.

Step 4. Transfer the fillet to hot oil and fry over medium heat until golden brown on one side.

Step 5. Turn the fillet over to the other side and fry until golden brown.

Step 6. Peel the onion, cut into rings of medium thickness and add to the frying pan with the fish, fry until transparent. You can fry the onion in the same oil separately from the fish.

Step 7Tilapia fried with onions can be served, but if you cover it with foil and put it in the oven for 10 minutes, it will be much tastier.

Step 8. Place the cooked fried tilapia with onions on plates, decorate with herbs and serve for dinner. Bon appetit!

Tilapia with vegetables in a frying pan

The colorful taste, tender meat and minimal bones allow you to cook tilapia in different ways, and in this recipe we cook it in a frying pan with vegetables. There are various sets of vegetables and here we take Mexican frozen mixture, which is convenient and tasty. We don’t fry the tilapia, but stew it on a bed of vegetables, which makes the dish dietary.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Tilapia fillet – 400 gr.
• Frozen vegetable mixture – 400 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the onion and garlic and chop finely.

Step 2. Then fry them over medium heat in heated vegetable oil until transparent.

Step 3. Sprinkle pre-frozen and washed tilapia fillets with salt and black pepper to your taste.

Step 4. Add any frozen vegetable mixture to the fried onion with garlic and simmer it over low heat for 7-10 minutes. The mixture can be slightly salted.

Step 5. Place tilapia fillets on top of the stewed vegetables. Pour some water into the frying pan and cover with a lid. Simmer the tilapia for 15-20 minutes until fully cooked.

Step 6. Divide the tilapia with vegetables cooked in a frying pan into portioned plates and serve hot. Bon appetit!