Friday, May 16, 2008

Broiled Parmesan Tilapia

I got this recipe off of Allrecipes.com. I was low on groceries and had some frozen tilapia filets from Costco in my freezer. So we tried this last night and it was really good. Kelsey even ate a whole piece of fish herself. It's super easy and made from other ingredients that you probably have on hand...

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
2 pounds tilapia fillets

DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven's broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line pan with aluminum foil.

In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.

Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork. Be careful not to over cook the fish.

**** I saw this modification from another person who made this and so I did this as well...I also add 1/2 tsp. paprika, 1/4 tsp. garlic powder and I didn't add any lemon juice and I used low-fat mayo.

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