Tilapia. How to cook fish tasty and beautiful, PP recipes

General principles for preparing tilapia

There are several main principles for preparing tilapia dishes:

• such gourmet meat in domestic stores is sold only frozen, but it must be without ice on the surface;

• if a large amount of ice glaze is found on the fish, you should not buy such a product - it has probably already been defrosted and frozen again;
• It is recommended to defrost tilapia slowly - it is best to transfer it from the refrigerator to the table and leave it there at room temperature;
• if you still need to defrost the carcass quickly, then you should wrap it in a tight bag and put it in cold water in this form;
• Tilapia has tender meat with a lot of liquid in its composition, so it is most often cooked in a frying pan in breading or batter;
• It is also possible to stew fish in a frying pan - for this, it is first cut into slices and fried until golden brown, and then poured with sauce and simmered;
• if the tilapia has a strong smell of the water in which it swam, then before cooking you can soak its pieces in a mixture of milk, salt and black pepper (for 1 cup of dairy product, take ½ teaspoon of salt, a pinch of pepper);
• the fish is soaked in milk for about 20 minutes - no additional rinsing or salting is required afterwards;
• After soaking, the tilapia pieces are temporarily placed in a colander to drain excess liquid.

Simple PP recipe

Tilapia (you can cook tasty fish using the simplest recipe) goes well in the recipe with garlic, lemon, and parsley.

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The treat is baked in the oven. The result is the most tender, juicy fish.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• tilapia fillet – from 4 pcs.;
• garlic – from 1 to 4 cloves (to taste);
• lemon – ½ piece;
• chopped parsley – 1 tsp;
• butter fat – 1 tbsp. l.;
• salt and spices.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. Juice is squeezed out of half a lemon. The recipe requires 3 tbsp. l.
2. The oven is preheated to 185-190 degrees.
3. The fish fillet is cleaned of all excess. The product is washed and dried.
4. Tilapia is laid out in an oiled heat-resistant form.
5. The butter is melted and mixed with lemon juice, chopped garlic, and parsley. The mass is salted to taste. You can pepper it. The mixture is then spread over the fish.

The treat is baked for half an hour, after which it is served with any side dish.

Juicy and light tilapia with tomatoes and spices in the oven

This recipe differs from previous ones in the abundance of additional ingredients: vegetables and seasonings. But everything is taken in small quantities, so the cost of the dish is still not high. When preparing the fish, no oil is used, so tilapia fillet in the oven according to this recipe is low in calories. At the same time, thanks to the abundance of vegetables, the fish retains its juiciness even without foil. The same function (in addition to imparting an amazing aroma) is also performed by mustard in the sauce.

Capers and olives, together with tomatoes, give the fish a slight piquant sourness, so adding lemon is not necessary. Basil and parsley make the dish more spicy with a pronounced aroma. If you don't like any of these ingredients, you can easily replace them with others. Oregano and mint are also ideal here.

You will need:

• tilapia fillet – 0.5 kg;
• tomato – 2 pcs.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• olives;
• capers to taste;
• parsley to taste;
• fresh basil to taste;
• salt to taste;
• black pepper to taste.

You will need for the sauce:

• chicken egg yolk – 2 pcs.;
• mustard – 1 tbsp. l.;
• salt to taste.

Cooking stages.

Start cooking with the sauce. To do this, mix 2 raw yolks, mustard and salt in a glass. Stir with an electric whisk until the mixture turns white – this will take about 3 minutes. Set the finished sauce aside.

Next, prepare the vegetables. Peel the onion and garlic and cut into thin strips. Also cut the olives and combine them with the vegetables. Add capers.

Wash and dry the greens. Chop finely. Add to vegetables. Stir.

Wash the tomatoes thoroughly, wipe with napkins and cut into thin rings.

Rinse the tilapia fillet under water, wipe it, cut into small pieces. Then salt and pepper on all sides and place in a baking dish. Place in the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for literally 10 minutes - this is enough to bring the fish to half-cooked.

Remove the tilapia and pour the prepared sauce on top. Carefully coat each piece.

Then place chopped vegetables and herbs on each piece of fish, and place tomato rings on top. Don't forget to lightly pepper and salt the tomatoes after adding them completely.

Bake tilapia in the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees. Serve in portions with herbs, olives and balsamic vinegar, garnishing with sauce if there is any left over.

Classic tilapia recipe

Tilapia (you can cook the fish deliciously using several dozen options) in the classic recipe is fried whole. The product is breaded in flour with spices.

Tilapia. How to cook dietary fish in the oven.

The result should be fish with a crispy crust.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• tilapia carcasses – 2 pcs.;
• flour - 5-6 tbsp. l.;
• spices for fish – 2.5-3 tsp;
• oil, dill, lemon slice, salt.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. The fish is cleaned. Shallow cuts are made on the carcasses.
2. Inside and outside, tilapia is rubbed with lemon, salt, and spices.
3. Flour with spices is poured into plates. Dry ingredients are salted.
4. The fish is breaded and fried in a frying pan with hot oil.

Tilapia should become rosy and golden. Serve it deliciously with boiled potatoes.

Fried tilapia

First you need to prepare the ingredients: tilapia, lemon juice, soy sauce, sugar, spices. Cut each fillet into two parts, sprinkle with lemon juice on each side. Sprinkle with spices. It is better not to use salt, since soy sauce contains a sufficient amount of salt.

Heat olive oil in a frying pan and add tilapia. Fry the fillet on each side for 2-3 minutes. During this time, mix soy sauce and granulated sugar. Pour the mixture into the carcasses with a spoon, pouring over each piece. Bring the gravy to a boil, cover the pan with a lid, and reduce heat. Cook for 5 minutes. Vegetables or rice are suitable as a side dish.

How to deliciously cook breaded fried fish?

To preserve the juice as much as possible, you can make a dish using crackers. Salt the thawed fish, dip in breadcrumbs, and place in a hot frying pan. Place the pieces so that they do not touch each other. Fry over medium heat on each side for 10 minutes. Do not cover the pan with a lid.

You can use store-bought breading for this recipe or make your own. At home you need to take: white loaf or bread, turmeric, dried garlic, ground paprika, red pepper. In the photo you can see what original decorations are used in the dish.

Step by step recipe:

1. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and place slices of bread.
2. Place in the oven for 30 minutes. The temperature should be 80-100 degrees. The door must be slightly open. Turn the bread over and dry for another 30 minutes.
3. Remove the pan from the oven and let the pieces cool.
4. Using a blender or food processor, grind until crumbly. Use spices and mix again.

Fish in batter

Ingredients:

• sea ​​fish fillet - 600 g;
• egg 1 pc.;
• milk – 100 ml;
• flour – 6 tbsp. l.;
• rosemary – 1 tsp;
• sesame – 3 tsp.

Cut the tilapia into portions and place in a deep plate. Salt, pepper, add dill and rosemary. Mix carefully. For the batter, break a chicken egg, add milk, whisk and add salt. Add flour, stir until lumps disappear and the mixture resembles liquid sour cream.

Heat vegetable oil, dip each piece in batter, and place in a frying pan. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Fry for about three minutes.

With cream cheese sauce

Tilapia goes perfectly with dairy products in a variety of dishes. For example, it will be delicious to cook such fish in a creamy cheese sauce. The cream for the recipe is taken as thick as possible.

Even a dairy product intended for whipping is perfect for the recipe.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• tilapia fillet – 2 pcs.;
• onion - a few rings;
• hard cheese – 25-30 g;
• red salted fish – 40 g;
• soy sauce – 1 tbsp. l.;
• dry white wine – 2 tbsp. l.;
• sugar – 1 pinch;
• heavy cream – 70 ml;
• pickled cucumbers (small) – 3 pcs.;
• blue cheese – 30 g;
• salt.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. For the marinade, mix wine, soy sauce, and sugar. It is poured over the washed fish and left for 40 minutes.
2. Tilapia is laid out on a baking sheet, salted on top and put into the oven to bake at 170 degrees for 7-8 minutes.
3. Onions and small pieces of lightly salted fish are placed on the tilapia. The treat is baked for another 5-6 minutes.
4. After sprinkling the treat with cheese shavings, it is put into the oven for another 3 minutes.
5. For the sauce, whip cream with blue cheese. Add small cubes of pickled cucumbers and chopped herbs to the mixture if desired.

When serving, baked fish is placed on a plate. She pours sauce over it.

Tilapia baked in sour cream with cheese crust

The tender tilapia fillet itself, generously smeared with sour cream, turns out even more tender and literally melts in your mouth. And the spicy cheese crust makes the taste of the fish more pronounced and rich. If you remove cheese from the recipe or simply eat fish without it, then the dish also turns out to be dietary.

You can choose ready-made fish spices or assemble your own. It’s good if there are onions, turmeric, sesame, nutmeg, pepper, paprika, dill or mustard seeds. Don't forget to add lemon, which will highlight the delicate taste of the fish fillet.

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You will need:

• tilapia fillet – 6 pcs.;
• sour cream – 6 tbsp. l.;
• lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.;
• hard or semi-hard cheese – 50 g;
• salt to taste;
• spices for fish to taste;
• vegetable oil for greasing the mold.

Cooking stages.

Rinse fish fillets with cold water and dry. Check for bones.

Pass the cheese through a medium-sized grater.

Grease the form in which the fish will be cooked with vegetable oil. Place the fillet.

Salt the fish and sprinkle with the selected spices. Sprinkle with lemon juice.

Place a tablespoon of sour cream on each fillet and distribute it evenly over the fish. Sprinkle with cheese.

Bake at 180 degrees for about 25-35 minutes. Serve the fish with any side dish.

Cutlets with melted cheese

Tilapia (the fish can be cooked deliciously using different recipes) can be served in the form of cutlets. They are not too fatty, suitable for a healthy diet. A special feature of the recipe is the addition of processed cheese. The latter produces a delicate, soft filling that goes well with fish fillet. Calorie content of the dish: 152 kcal per 100 g.

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Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• fish fillet – 850-900 g;
• onion and egg - 1 pc.;
• processed cheese – 80 g;
• flour - 3.5-4 tbsp. l.;
• white bread – 35-40 g;
• fresh dill – 3 sprigs;
• milk – 45-50 ml;
• salt, spices, oil.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. The fish fillet is washed and dried with paper. Afterwards it turns into homogeneous, tender minced meat. It is best to use a meat grinder for this. But you can also grind the fish using a suitable blender attachment.
2. The bread gets rid of crusts. Afterwards it is soaked in milk for several minutes.
3. The already soft bread is wrung out. It is passed through a meat grinder along with onions. The latter first gets rid of the husks.
4. Processed cheese is added to the same mass. It is pre-processed with a coarse grater. To make this easier, you can pre-freeze the cheese.

5. Add chopped, washed dill, the contents of a raw egg, salt and spices to the mixture. After thorough mixing, you should get homogeneous minced meat.
6. Small cutlets are formed from the mass prepared in the previous step. They are rolled in flour, scattered on a flat plate, on all sides.
7. The cutlets are transferred to a frying pan with hot oil.
8. The treat is fried over medium heat until lightly browned. Afterwards, the frying pan is covered with a lid, and the heating of the stove is reduced. Under such conditions, the treat is prepared for about a quarter of an hour. During this time, the cutlets will have time to bake inside.

Using the same recipe, you can prepare fish cutlets with filling. In this case, the processed cheese is placed inside the preparations before frying. The resulting cutlets are served with any side dish of your choice. For example, mashed potatoes, boiled cereals, pasta in any form are perfect for them.

An easy version of the side dish is made from zucchini. For it, vegetables are cut into cubes and lightly fried in a grill pan, baked in the oven or steamed. It’s also delicious to serve prepared zucchini with a sauce based on natural yogurt with garlic and salt.

Tilapia baked with potatoes

What do you need:

• tilapia – 1 kg;
• potatoes – 0.75 kg;
• carrots – 100 g;
• chicken egg – 1 pc.;
• sour cream – 100 ml;
• refined vegetable oil – 20 ml;
• hard cheese – 100 g;
• salt, seasonings - to taste.

How to cook:

1. Cut the defrosted tilapia into medium-sized pieces.
2. Boil potatoes and carrots in their skins. Once cooled, peel the vegetables. Cut them into small pieces or grate them coarsely.
3. Stir the vegetables, adding salt and pepper.
4. In a separate container, combine sour cream and egg, beat with a whisk.
5. Place half of the vegetable mixture in a greased baking dish and smooth with a spoon.
6. Place the fish fillet on the potatoes. Pepper and salt it, pour sour cream and egg mixture.
7. Place remaining vegetables on top and sprinkle with cheese.
8. Cover the pan with foil and place in the oven.
9. Bake tilapia with potatoes for 40 minutes at 200 degrees. 10-15 minutes before cooking, remove the foil to allow the cheese to brown.

Tilapia casserole with potatoes can whet the appetite of even the most picky gourmet. Of course, no side dish is required for this appetizer.

Under the diet coat

Tilapia (even a novice housewife can cook the fish deliciously) goes well with vegetables. You can take a variety of assorted dishes at once. Any vegetables will do here. For example, a mixture of peppers, onions and zucchini. A particularly tasty “fur coat” for fish will be obtained with the addition of not only vegetables, but also fruits.

Of the latter, an apple is best suited for the recipe. It is best to choose a sweet and sour fruit.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• tilapia – 650-700 g;
• sweet peppers and zucchini – 300 g each;
• onions and apples – 150 g each;
• soy sauce and oil - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
• lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.;
• spices, salt, herbs.

Firm apples work well for this recipe. The best spices for the recipe are suneli hops, chili, and paprika. Cilantro and parsley will fit perfectly into treats as greens. It is important to observe the ratio of pepper and apple in the recipe.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. The fish is washed and dried. For example, you can blot it on all sides with paper napkins or towels.
2. If necessary, the tilapia is cleaned of all excess - entrails, skin, head, tail. The remaining part is cut into thick strips.
3. Soy sauce is poured into the fish pieces. The latter is suitable not only for the classic one, but also for variants with different aromatic additives - with mushrooms, chili, garlic.
4. Lemon juice, 1 tbsp, is also added to the tilapia. l. vegetable oil. The fish is carefully mixed by hand. The marinade should thoroughly saturate the tilapia on all sides.
5. Apples and peppers are cleared of seeds. All dense partitions in the fruit are removed. The remaining parts are cut into wedges. You don't have to remove the skin from the apples. Pieces of fruit are cooked along with it.
6. The onion is peeled and washed. Afterwards it is cut into feathers. The zucchini gets rid of the skin and seeds. The remaining part is cut into miniature cubes.

7. The oil is heated in a frying pan. When the fat is hot enough, pieces of apples, zucchini and pepper are poured onto it. Together, the components cook for 6-7 minutes. In this case, the products are often stirred, but carefully so that the vegetable and fruit slices do not break or fall apart.
8. Fish pieces are removed from the liquid. They carefully squeeze out the marinade.
9. In the frying pan, the apple and vegetable mixture is pushed to the side. The remaining space is filled with fish. Salt and spices are added to it. Tilapia pieces are lightly fried on all sides.
10. Afterwards, you can mix the ingredients in the pan. The dish is covered with a lid. The contents of the container are left to simmer for about a quarter of an hour.
11. After the specified time has passed, the lid is opened and the consistency of the treat is assessed. If there is still a lot of juice left, then you need to turn up the heat to maximum and wait for the liquid to evaporate.
12. The top of the treat is sprinkled with chopped herbs. Immediately after this, the fire under the frying pan is turned off.

You can serve the delicacy to the table immediately hot. But it’s delicious to try it cold. The taste of the dish is self-sufficient and bright even without additional additives.

But you can add more pieces of soft bread to the treat. It’s delicious to combine fish in sauce with various side dishes (even dry ones).

Tilapia fillet in the oven with potatoes for a hearty lunch

Any fish can be served with potatoes and it will turn out very nutritious, but how exactly to do this is the question every second housewife asks. Tilapia is a very dry fish, so it firstly requires a good marinade or sauce. Secondly, it is recommended to put it under the vegetable layer so that the moisture does not evaporate from it. Therefore, the ideal way out of the situation is a puff casserole with sour cream, which is not easy to prepare, but very simple.

Ingredients:

• potatoes – 700 g;
• tilapia fillet – 700 g;
• sour cream 10% – 250 g;
• tomatoes – 300 g;
• garlic cloves – 5 pcs.;
• a bunch of parsley;
• salt.

Cooking method:

1. Chop the garlic and parsley and mix.
2. Add half a glass of sour cream and mix again.
3. Cut the tilapia fillet into small pieces 2-3 cm thick, put them in the resulting sauce and leave for half an hour.
4. Then place it on the bottom of a heat-resistant dish in as even a layer as possible, leaving no holes between the pieces.
5. Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into thin slices. Place on top like fish scales. Add salt.
6. Cut the tomatoes into slices, but thicker, otherwise they will fry too quickly. Place on top.
7. Dilute the remaining sour cream with half a glass of water and pour over the casserole. Cover with foil, shiny side down.
8. Place the pan in the oven, cook for 35 minutes. at 180 degrees. You can remove the foil at the very end (5 minutes before the end) and brown the top of the casserole by raising the oven temperature to 200 degrees.

Casserole with green peas

Tilapia (the fish can be prepared quickly and easily) can be served as a delicious casserole. Various vegetables go well with the main ingredient in the dish. In addition to onions, tomatoes and carrots, green peas are also taken as a treat. Canned is best. A whole standard jar of it is used.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• cleaned tilapia – 330-350 g;
• onions, carrots - 1 pc.;
• green peas (canned) – 1 standard jar;
• cheese – 70-80 g;
• sour cream – 170-200 g;
• butter – 25-30 g;
• cherry – 60-70 g;
• olive oil – 2.5-3 tbsp. l.;
• lemon – ½ piece;
• salt.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. The onion is peeled and washed. The remaining part of the vegetable is randomly chopped. The resulting onion pieces are fried in olive oil. They should become soft. You can wait for the onions to lightly brown.
2. Cherries are washed and dried. There is no need to remove the skin from them. Vegetables are cut into quarters.

3. Then they immediately go to the onion. Together, the products simmer in the pan for a couple of minutes.
4. Carrots are washed, but not peeled. It is not boiled right in the skin until fully cooked. The process will take about 10 minutes. After boiled vegetables are peeled and cut into cubes.
5. The peas are poured into a colander. It is necessary that excess liquid is drained from the product.
6. Carrots and peas are transferred to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Everything mixes well.
7. The washed and dried fish fillet is cut into small pieces. They should turn out to be easy to bake and eat.
8. The resulting pieces of tilapia are laid out in portioned baking dishes. A soft vegetable mass is laid out on top of them. You can salt the ingredients to taste and use your favorite spices.
9. For the sauce, mix butter and juice, squeezed from half a lemon and strained from the seeds. The fat is pre-melted. This mass is salted and distributed over all components.
10. All that remains is to sprinkle the treat on top with grated cheese. In this form it is sent to bake in the oven. The dish is prepared at 175-180 degrees. The process will take about a quarter of an hour.

The finished casserole is immediately served to the table. It is best to place it on the table directly in small portioned forms. But you can also transfer the treats to plates. For decoration, you can sprinkle the delicacy with chopped herbs. For example, onions. It is delicious to complement the treat with bread or pita bread. Separately, it is also worth preparing a sauce from sour cream with mayonnaise, garlic and a mixture of your favorite spices.

Baked tilapia fillet with mayonnaise, lemon and horseradish sauce

What do you need:

• tilapia fillet – 0.4-0.5 kg;
• dried garlic – 4 g;
• horseradish root – 20 g;
• lemon – 0.5 pcs.;
• mayonnaise – 40-50 ml;
• butter – 30 g;
• salt, ground black pepper - to taste.

How to cook:

1. Sprinkle the tilapia fillet with salt, pepper, half the recipe amount of garlic and the zest grated from a quarter of a lemon. Sprinkle it with juice squeezed from a citrus quarter, place it on foil and generously pour melted butter over it.
2. Pack the fish in foil, place it on a baking sheet and place it in an oven already preheated to 200 degrees.
3. Bake tilapia in foil for 20-25 minutes. This time is enough to prepare the sauce.
4. Peel the horseradish root and grate it. Add the remaining garlic powder, zest and juice from the remaining quarter of the citrus fruit.
5. Combine the resulting spicy mass with mayonnaise and whisk.

After removing the telapia from the oven, unwrap it, transfer it to plates and top with the piquant sauce. The specified amount of ingredients will yield 2 servings of fish appetizer, which can be served with a side dish or separately.

Tilapia with mint pesto

This recipe makes a very unusual treat. It is perfect for serving even on a holiday table. The fish is served cold in the form of rolls. You can take it with you on a picnic as a hearty snack. It’s interesting that such a hot dish is prepared in the microwave.

But the oven is also suitable for it.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• fish fillet (tilapia) – 160-170 g;
• lemon juice – 1 tsp. (for marinating fish) + 1 tsp. (for pesto);
• shrimp (small, already peeled), rice and cream cheese – 35-40 g each;
• spinach and fresh mint – 4-5 sheets each;
• green onions - 2 feathers;
• garlic – 2-3 cloves;
• peeled pistachios – 15-20 g;
• sugar – ½ tsp;
• olive oil – 2-2.5 tbsp. l.;
• salt.

Salted pistachios are perfect for this dish. They are pre-shelled so that even small pieces do not end up in the finished dish. To serve ready-made treats to the table, you can take lettuce leaves.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. The fish fillet is washed and dried. Afterwards it is defrosted. It is allowed to do this in the microwave in the “below average” mode.
2. Afterwards the tilapia is cut into small portions. They are all sprinkled with lemon juice, strained from the seeds, on top. In this form, the fish is left for 12-14 minutes to marinate. This will not only make the taste of the final dish more vibrant and interesting, but also reduce cooking time.
3. The rice is washed to a clear liquid. Afterwards it is boiled. You can also do this in the microwave. For the indicated amount of rice for cooking, take approximately 2 tbsp. boiling water The top of the dish is covered with a film in which several holes are made at once for steam to escape. In this form, the cereal is cooked at maximum power for 13-14 minutes. If you decide to cook rice in the microwave, then the product must be placed in boiling water and not in cold water. The liquid is preheated.
4. For the sauce, the mint is washed and dried. Afterwards it goes into the blender bowl. Peeled salted pistachio nuts are also added there. Garlic cloves without husks are poured out on top. All components are mixed together with a blender. You should get a homogeneous paste. This will be the original fish sauce.
5. Lemon juice, sugar, and olive oil are added to the sauce. If the pistachios are already salted, then you don’t need to add additional salt. All sauce components are mixed well. If desired, you can use your favorite spices for the sauce.
6. Place the fish pieces on a heat-resistant dish. In this form, they are cooked at full power in the microwave for 3 minutes. But you can do without a microwave by baking the fish in the oven or frying it in a frying pan.
7. For the filling, the pulp of all peeled shrimp is placed in a blender bowl. To do this, they first get rid of shells, legs, heads, and tails. Hands carefully pull out intestinal wreaths from seafood. Afterwards the shrimp are boiled or fried. You can first cook seafood directly in their shells, and only then clean it.
8. In a blender bowl, the prepared shrimp are mixed with cream cheese. Fresh spinach leaves are also sent there. Together the components are blended with a blender until smooth. This will be the filling for the treat.
9. The fish fillet is cut in half. Small bones are carefully removed from it. Shrimp mixture is placed on the edge of the fish fillet. The workpiece is carefully rolled into a tight roll. The future treat is tied with green onion feathers.

10. In this form, the roll is baked in the microwave until completely cooked. The power is set to maximum. It is important not to overcook the treat in the microwave so that it does not fall apart. To make rolling the roll easier, you can use a special sushi mat.

The resulting delicacy is cut into small pieces. You can immediately serve the appetizer cold to the table. Pieces of roll are laid out on a large dish covered with lettuce leaves. The top of the treat is optionally sprinkled with any fresh herbs.

Also, for decoration, between the pieces of appetizer you can place cherry tomatoes, slices of fresh cucumber, boiled broccoli and place miniature containers with sauce.

First meal

"Fish soup"

Ingredients:

• tilapia fillet – 2 pcs.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• potatoes – 3 pcs.;
• dill – 20 g;
• bay leaf and spices.

Pour 2 liters of water into a saucepan and put on fire. When the water starts to boil, throw in 2 pieces of fillet. Peel onions, carrots, potatoes. Grate the carrots and chop the remaining vegetables. When the water boils, add the onions and carrots, after 3 minutes the potatoes. At the end of cooking, add herbs and salt to the soup. While stirring, use a spoon to separate the fish into small pieces.

"Home"

The ingredients are the same as in the previous version, but with the addition of millet. First, place the potatoes in a saucepan with water; when the water boils, add 0.5 cups of millet. While the soup is boiling a second time, wash the carcass and cut into pieces. Fry onions and carrots in a frying pan. Add spices, salt and sauteed vegetables to the soup. To make the soup tasty and aromatic, add a bay leaf.

Chowder with fish and shrimp

Ingredients:

• water – 10 tbsp.;
• vegetable broth – 2 tbsp;
• potatoes – 3 pcs.;
• carrots – 2 pcs.;
• tilapia fillet -350 g;
• shrimp – 250 g;
• celery – 2 stalks.

Use salt, parsley, bay leaf as spices. Pour water and vegetable broth into a saucepan. Place chopped potatoes in your ear. Peel the carrots and cut into thin slices. Add it to the broth and cook for another 10 minutes.

Fry the onion and celery in olive oil over high heat. Add them to the soup. Peel the shrimp and cut the fillets into small pieces. Place them in a saucepan along with bay leaf and seasonings.

On skewers with zucchini

When preparing tilapia in combination with zucchini, the resulting dish is not only very tasty and juicy, but also healthy. It is perfect for a diet menu. Be sure to prepare a fragrant marinade for the treat and choose young zucchini with miniature seeds that do not need to be removed.

Ingredients

For the dish you need to take:

• tilapia fillet – 850-870 g;
• young zucchini – 1 piece;
• lemon and lime zest, garlic powder and hot mustard - 1 tsp each;
• cinnamon, dried chili, oil.

Sequencing

The cooking process includes several stages:

1. The fish fillet is washed and dried. Afterwards the product is cut into strips. Each should be approximately 2.5 cm wide. Do not make the tilapia pieces too thick. Otherwise, they may take a long time to cook inside.
2. Fish fillets are placed in a bowl. It is salted to taste. Grated lime and lemon zest are scattered on top. You can take part of only one fruit, but in double portions. Cinnamon is added here (to taste and desire, 1 pinch will be enough), pepper, mustard, garlic. The latter gets rid of the husks and finely rubs. The components are carefully mixed thoroughly. Telapia with all the additives is left in this form for about half an hour.
3. The zucchini is washed and dried. It is peeled with a sharp knife. The remaining part is cut into thin slices. It is convenient to do this with a special knife. There is no need to remove small seeds from young zucchini.
4. Each fish strip is rolled up. It tightly covers the zucchini. The ends of the vegetable preparation are securely fixed. The components are strung on skewers.
5. A deep frying pan is lightly washed with oil. The dishes heat up well. Place skewers with all the ingredients on top. They are fried on all sides until a light golden brown crust appears.

The finished kebabs are laid out on a plate or cutting board. They are served with a variety of white sauces. For example, to prepare the latter, you can mix sour cream, mayonnaise, chopped garlic, and mustard. Store-bought garlic sauce will also work. For example, from Heinz.

Useful tips and tricks

The following tips will help you prepare delicious tilapia dishes according to different recipes:

• the fish under discussion contains little fat, so it is worth adding juiciness to it already during the baking or stewing process (for example, you can simmer the product with any liquid - sauce, wine, water, broth);
• tilapia loves spices and citrus juices (lemon, lime);
• The fish turns out to be especially tasty when fried in breading - then it will be juicy, tender on the inside and crispy on the outside;
• The easiest way is to bread tilapia pieces in a mixture of flour and aromatic herbs;
• Wheat flour, as well as almond or coconut flour, are good for breading fish;
• It’s delicious to roll the tilapia in breadcrumbs (for this breading, white bread is crushed to a flour-like consistency; you can also mix it with any chopped nuts or cheese shavings);
• Batter perfectly preserves the juiciness of fish (the easiest way to prepare it is from eggs, flour and herbs - mix all the ingredients until the consistency of thick sour cream);
• It is important to heat the oil for frying in a frying pan well (if the fat is not hot enough, the batter will slide off the pieces and the tilapia meat will spread);
• fish in different dishes will go perfectly with cream, mushrooms, any vegetables and sauces.

You can cook delicious tilapia using more than 30 recipes. For example, fish goes well with dairy products, vegetables, some fruits, and cereals. You can even cook it in the form of kebabs or snack rolls.