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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Parmesan Tilapia

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
2 lbs tilapia filets

DIRECTIONS:
1 - Preheat the oven's broiler. Line a broiling pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray
2 - In a small bowl, mix the parmesan cheese, butter, and mayonnaise. Season with all of the dry ingredients.
3 - Arrange filets in a single layer on the broiler pan with the darker, veined side up. Broil a few inches from the heat for 3 minutes.
4 - Flip the filets over and broil for another 2 more minutes.
5 - Remove filets from oven and coven with the parmesan cheese mixture. Broil for another 2 minutes.

THOUGHTS:
Amazing and easy fish recipe. Tilapia is on special at Whole Foods all the time, so I expect to use this recipe often. I do think I will buy low fat mayo for the next round to take off a little of the guilt. This topping would also work well on chicken.

Additional Note: Now that I am growing my own herbs, the 1/4 teaspoon dried basil will be replaced with 3/4 teaspoons fresh basil.

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