Baked Tilapia

149 Reviews

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 40 min

“A simple and quick way to prepare the very affordable and versatile tilapia. Recipe could also be used for any mild-flavored firm-fleshed white fish fillets, or even chicken.” - by Tiny Poem

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat bottom of a medium baking dish with about 1/4 cup olive oil.
In a small bowl, blend remaining olive oil, tomato paste, garlic powder, oregano, salt and pepper.
Arrange tilapia fillets in the prepared baking dish, skin side up. With a spatula, spread the olive oil and tomato paste mixture over the tilapia, heaping the majority in the centers of the fillets. Arrange onion and green pepper slices on and around the fillets.
Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, until fish is easily flaked with a fork. Remove from heat, top each fillet with 1 tablespoon butter, and set oven to broil. Broil 5 to 7 minutes, until butter is melted and lightly brown.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
629 cal
31%

Fat
55.2 g
85%

Carbs
8.6 g
3%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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SARAMUNSTR

Feb. 6, 2006

"After reading the othe reviews, I made the following changes and everyone loved this dish: 1. I marinated the fish in Italian dressing for about 1 hour, 2. I used no-stick cooking spray on the pan, 3...." See more used 1/4 cup low fat/low sodium chicken broth in the sauce instead of oil, 3. decreased the butter to about 1/4T per filet."

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Mantu

Sep. 2, 2006

"I added 1/2 fresh cut tomato instead of paste, 2-3 cloves of garlic crushed instaed of garlic powder, 1/2 tbs of red pepper powder for an extra kick and also some broccoli and corn .they do add abeaut..." See moreiful color to the dish .thanks for awonderful recipe Tiny Poems."

GwenMary

Aug. 2, 2003

"This is delicious and so easy. I used fresh herbs from my garden and eliminated the butter, to cut the fat. I drizzled olive oil on the fish prior to broiling. Keep cooking time to a minimum, as ove..." See morercooked tilapia turns leathery."

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