An Oven Baked Tilapia Recipe For Any Night Of The Week
Baked breaded tilapia this is not. It’s more straightforward than that, and can be filed in the healthy baked tilapia recipe category. This oven baked tilapia is just seasoned tilapia baked with a lemon garlic butter. The finishing touch is a sprinkle of toasted breadcrumbs, a crack of pepper, and a little fresh parsley.
How To Make Baked Tilapia
This recipe for baked tilapia requires seasoning the filets and making a simple lemon garlic butter before a quick bake. Once it’s out of the oven, you’ll sprinkle over toasted breadcrumbs before digging in! The main components of this dish are as follows:
How to season baked tilapia: Pat the tilapia filets dry with a paper towel. Season all over with salt and paprika.
What temperature to bake tilapia: 425°F
How long to bake tilapia: Bake until the tilapia easily flakes with a fork, 10-12 minutes.
What To Serve With Baked Tilapia
Baked tilapia filets are an easy and delicious main to serve with a variety of accompaniments. Baked and steamed vegetables are a simple and healthy way to make a meal with baked tilapia. Chinese Dry-Fried Green Beans and Easy Succotash are nice and light. For something a bit more substantial, there’s Green Bean Casserole and Zucchini Bake. A fresh and crispy salad, like our Easy Fennel Salad, along with a pot of rice would make a satisfying meal. Many of our rice recipes would pair well–Brown Rice and Lemon Rice are excellent starting points.
Don’t Stop With Baked Fish!
When you’ve finished making this simple baked tilapia recipe, we’ve got some other great fish recipes for your files:
One Fish, Two Fish
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