Sunday, May 29, 2011

Tilapia with Chili Cream Sauce Recipe

Ingredients
  • 1 lb tilapia filets (4 4oz filets)
  • 2 tbsp cornmeal
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 tsp flour
  • 1 tbsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 3/4 cup half and half
  • 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
Directions

Fish:
  1. Thaw fish if frozen, pat dry with paper towels.
  2. In a small bowl stir together cornmeal and 2 tbsp of flour.
  3. Sprinkle over both sides of each piece of fish.
  4. Lightly coat a 12-inch nonstick skillet wit h cooking spray.
  5. Add the oil and preaheat the skillet over medium-high heat.
  6. Add the fish cook over medium to med-high heat for 4 to 6 minutes or until fish flakes easily, turning once.
  7. Remove fish from skillet keep warm.
Sauce:
  1. Melt butter in the same skillet.
  2. Stir in 2 tsp of flour, the chili powder, and cumin.
  3. Stir in half and half. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
  4. Cook and stir for 1 min more.
To serve spoon the sauce over t he fish and garnish with the chopped cilantro.

Makes 4 servings

1 comment:

  1. I usually make it with steamed fish, I season the fish with fish seasoning before steaming it.

    For the sauce, I use 1 tsp chili powder instead of 1 tbsp cause 1 tbsp makes it really spicy. I also substitute the 3/4 cup half and half with 1 can (170 ml)of low fat evaporated milk.

    You can also substitute cornmeal with cornflour if you cant find cornmeal in the grocery stores.

    Enjoy!

    Maggy

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