Tilapia is a low-calorie fish. There is practically no fat in it, but at the same time it is rich in proteins, minerals, useful trace elements, so necessary for the body. Tilapia fillet has a specific taste and smell; small bones are not found in it. Popular and simple recipes will help to find the answer to the question - how to cook tilapia fillets?

Tilapia fillet baked in the oven with cheese

Tilapia with cheese is a light and at the same time hearty meal.

Ingredients:

  • 5 small fillets;
  • 1 onion;
  • ½ lemon;
  • 180 g of cheese;
  • 30 ml odorless vegetable oil;
  • favorite greens;
  • 2 tomatoes;
  • salt to taste;
  • mayonnaise.

Cooking:

  1. Defrost fillet, wash, dry on a board. Next, salt it, sprinkle with pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
  2. Cut tomatoes and onions into thin rings, grate cheese on a coarse grater.
  3. Pour vegetable oil into the mold, put the fillet, greased with mayonnaise. Arrange tomatoes and onions on top.
  4. Baking pan with fish in the oven for 25 minutes with a temperature of 180 ° C.
  5. Sprinkle the fish on top with cheese, herbs and send to the oven to melt the cheese.

If everything is done right, the fish turns out to be soft and tender, you would think that it was cooked in a large restaurant under the guidance of an experienced chef!

In batter in a pan

Tilapia fillet is rich in protein and does not contain much fat, so the finished dish is tender and juicy. And in batter, the fish acquires tenderness, is covered with a golden crust and goes with any side dish and salad.

You will need:

  • 7 pieces of fillet;
  • 290 g of flour;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 40 g odorless sunflower oil;
  • salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse fillet, cut into slices for portions.
  2. Bring the eggs and part of the salt to uniformity.
  3. In another bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper.
  4. Roll all the pieces in flour, and then in batter.
  5. Fry the fish on both sides in a pan with a small amount of oil until cooked (it takes an average of 7 minutes).

From these ingredients, it turns out five medium servings.

In a slow cooker with vegetables

In ancient times, tilapia was on the menu of kings and nobles, even then there were many recipes for its preparation. It is often used in diet or children's menus. Introducing the option of cooking fish with vegetables.

Would need:

  • tilapia fillet 900 g;
  • 2 onions;
  • 5 pieces of potatoes;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 30 ml odorless vegetable oil;
  • salt, spices to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Prepare the fish, for this rinse, dry, grease with salt and leave for 25 minutes.
  2. Cut the onion into half rings and sprinkle with salt and spices, set aside.
  3. Cut the potatoes and carrots with medium plates, add to the onion and mix everything so that the spices and salt are evenly distributed.
  4. Pour the bottom of the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil.
  5. Put some vegetables, fillet on them. Next, distribute the fish and vegetables in turn.
  6. Turn on the slow cooker on the "stew" mode for one hour. Turn off the appliance and let the fish and vegetables stand with the lid closed for another 15 minutes.

Tilapia fillet with potatoes

Buying tilapia in stores is not difficult, but you can meet it under a different name, for example, it is often called a sea chicken, a river chicken. Due to the lack of small bones, it is used in the children's menu. If a tilapia fillet is at hand, the simplest thing is to cook it with potatoes.

You will need:

  • fillet - 5 pcs.;
  • potatoes - 3 pcs.;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • milk - 250 ml;
  • greenery;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • cheese - 250 g;
  • salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Beat eggs, add milk to them, mix finely chopped greens.
  2. Grate cheese on a coarse grater, add to the egg mixture.
  3. Cut the potatoes into circles, put a part on the bottom of the form, on top - fish fillet, cut into small pieces. Rinse fillet, dry and salt, sprinkle with spices.
  4. Arrange the onion on the fish, then again a layer of potatoes, a little salt.
  5. Pour cooked sauce on top.

Bake in the oven at 180 ° C for 25 minutes.

How to deliciously fry with garlic

The pan-fried fish is very tasty and tender. There are many ways to cook, consider one of them - with garlic. Garlic gives the fish piquancy and aroma.

Would need:

  • 5 fillets;
  • 85 g of butter;
  • 4 cloves of garlic;
  • salt to taste;
  • lemon juice;
  • spices, herbs, if desired.

Cooking:

  1. Spread the salt and spices evenly on the fillet and grind.
  2. Melt the butter in a pan, add finely chopped garlic and fry for 3 minutes.
  3. Fry each piece of fish from 2 sides until golden brown.
  4. Sprinkle with lemon juice, cover the pan and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat.

The loin can be fried, baked, stuffed, stewed, add various spices and spices to it.

Bake in foil

Cooking tilapia fillets in the oven is not a troublesome process. The taste of vegetables adds juiciness to the fish, and the foil helps to preserve it. For this, like other recipes, any sauce is suitable, it will make the finished dish even tastier, and the same recipe will become diverse.

Would need:

  • 600 g filet;
  • 1 bell pepper;
  • 2 tomatoes;
  • onion feathers;
  • 2 tsp lemon juice;
  • 2 tbsp. l odorless vegetable oil;
  • salt to taste;
  • spices as desired.

Cooking:

  1. Thaw the fillet and sprinkle with spices and salt, evenly distribute.
  2. Rinse vegetables. Finely chop the onion feathers, divide the pepper into small squares.
  3. Grease the foil with oil, put some spices on top - fillet.
  4. Distribute onion and pepper on the fillet, then spread the tomatoes, cut into circles.
  5. Wrap the foil, put on a baking sheet. Do such actions with each fillet, bake in the oven at 180 ° C for 30 minutes.

A variety of cooking options from tilapia fillets indicates that it is suitable for any holiday and everyday dinner. Everyone can cook the dish, the ingredients for this can be found in any refrigerator. It remains only to tune in and cook tilapia deliciously!

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