What Is Tilapia and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about tilapia and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 10 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using tilapia

There are 10 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Simply Seared Tilapia with Green Beans & Toasted Walnuts

Make this simple and tasty tilapia dish for a quick dinner with some lemony green beans and toasted walnuts aside.

Tilapia En Papillote with Asparagus & Shrimp

I seasoned the fish with a bit salt and black pepper, cooked the asparagus in a hot skillet with a bit olive oil and freshly minced garlic, then seasoned with salt and black pepper, baked for 10 minutes, and it came out absolutely delicious and super light!

Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

Broiled tilapia Parmesan: mild fillets broiled fast, then topped with a savory Parmesan, butter, and mayo crust and run back under the broiler until golden. A quick, rich weeknight fish.

Parmesan Red Pepper Tilapia

Quick, easy, light and super fast. Parmesan crusted tilapia with just a hint of red pepper flakes to add some personality.

Bronzed Talapia

Tilapia fillets rubbed with a smoky spice blend of paprika, cumin, oregano, and dry mustard, then seared in a screaming-hot skillet until bronzed and crispy. Dinner in 15 minutes.

Pan Seared Tilapia with Lemony Green Beans

This delicious dish takes no time to cook, and it comes out super tasty. The fish is very moist on the inside with a nice texture on the outside, packed with great flavors. A lemony green beans are a perfectly refreshing and tasty side dish along with it.

Tilapia with Orange Tarragon Sauce for Two

Delicate and flaky Tilapia with an orange tarragon cream sauce, perfect for two servings for a quick and seemingly sophisticated dish. Serve with a rice pilaf to make it a meal.

Chinese Five Spice Tilapia

Quick to prepare, great flavor. The fish takes on a caramel color on the outside, and stays flakey white on the inside, which creates a nice appearance.

Lemon-Paprika Tilapia with Potato Rutabaga Mash

Lemon-paprika tilapia with potato rutabaga mash pairs paprika-dusted fish with a buttery Yukon-rutabaga mash, finished with a wine-shallot cream sauce laced with lemon peel.

Baked Tilapia with Whole Spices

Baked whole tilapia roasted over ginger, scallion, and whole star anise, allspice, and peppercorns. The aromatic bed steams the fish as it bakes, then strains into a wine-butter pan sauce.

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