Best Creamy Tilapia Florentine Recipes

GARLIC ALFREDO TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Brush the tilapia fillets with oil on both sides, season with Creole seasoning to taste, then place into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the flesh is no longer translucent, and the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook until the garlic has softened and the aroma has mellowed, about 2 minutes. Stir in the Alfredo sauce and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, and keep warm until the fish is ready. Pour the sauce over the fish to serve. Sprinkle with additional Creole seasoning if desired.

TILAPIA FLORENTINE WITH FETA AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Combine salt, pepper, oregano, zest and paprika for the Tilapia seasoning. Sprinkle liberally on both sides of the Tilapia.
• Add olive oil to a sauté pan and let it heat up. Add the onion and sauté until translucent. Add garlic and fry for 1 minute. Add spinach, working in batches. Add olives, feta, 1½ teaspoons each of additional lemon zest, salt and oregano.
• Spread spinach mixture in the bottom of a hotel pan. Arrange Tilapia fillets on spinach mixture. Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake at 375° for 20 minutes until the fish flakes and has an internal temperature of 145°.

LEMON-GARLIC TILAPIA WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Pat the tilapia dry with paper towels, then season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Spread the flour on a plate; dredge the tilapia in the flour, tapping off the excess. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tilapia and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; tent with foil to keep warm. Wipe out the skillet.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until it starts browning, about 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth, wine, and lemon zest and juice. Increase the heat to high, bring to a boil and cook until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Add the butter and whisk until slightly thickened, about 1 minute; stir in the parsley.
• Meanwhile, toss the spinach with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and a few grinds of pepper. Divide among plates, top with the fish and drizzle with some pan sauce. Serve with lemon wedges.

TILAPIA FETA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add spinach to skillet; cook and stir until spinach is wilted and cooked down, 5 more minutes. Stir olives, feta cheese, lemon rind, salt, oregano, and white pepper into spinach. Cook until feta cheese has melted and flavors have blended, about 5 more minutes.
• Spread spinach mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange tilapia fillets over spinach mixture. Mix butter and lemon juice in a small bowl and drizzle over fish; sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake fish in the preheated oven until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily, 20 to 25 minutes.

FLOUNDER FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Sprinkle spinach in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with fillets., In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg until blended. Gradually add milk. bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Pour over fillets; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

CREAMY TILAPIA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet w/ foil, spray the foil w/ cooking spray. Top each fillet w/ some cooking creme.
• 2. Sprinkle w/ some cracker crumbs. Bake 15 mins, or until fish flakes easily w/ a fork. In lg skillet, over medium heat cook remaining cooking creme and milk, stirring for 2 mins.
• 3. Stir in spinach. Cook until spinach is wilted. Spoon spinach mis over fish and serve.

TILAPIA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Spray 11x7-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Place fish fillets in pan. In small bowl, mix mayonnaise, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, the mustard, tarragon and lemon-pepper seasoning until blended. Spread mayonnaise mixture evenly over fish fillets. Sprinkle with bread crumbs.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook mushrooms in oil about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Gradually stir in spinach. Cook about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, just until spinach is wilted. Sprinkle with salt.
• To serve, place spinach on each fish fillet.

TILAPIA WITH A FLORENTINE FLAIR

Steps:

• Beat the egg together with the paprika
• Mix the lemon zest and the parsley together with the breadcrumbs
• Dip the tilapia fillets first in the egg mixture, and then dredge in the breadcrumbs
• Heat a skillet over medium high heat
• Fry the fish in the oil or butter for about 4 minutes per side, or until cooked through (I like my fish more well done than most people)
• Remove from the pan and keep warm
• Dip the portobello mushrooms in the egg and then dredge with the breadcrumbs
• Fry the mushrooms as you did the fish, about 3 minutes per side
• Remove from the pan and keep warm
• Peel and cube the potatoes, boil for about 15 minutes
• Drain the potatoes and mash them together with the butter and cream
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Heat the thawed spinach in either a saucepan or in the microwave
• Mix the spinach in with the potatoes, taste to see if you need more salt and pepper
• Divide the potatoes into 4 portions and make a bed of mashed potatoes on each plate
• Top each bed with a portobello mushroom
• Top each mushroom with a piece of tilapia
• Dust with additional lemon zest and parsley, if desired

BAKED TILAPIA WITH SOUR CREAM PARMESAN CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
• Spray 13x9 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Place fish fillets in single layer.
• Stir together sour cream, parmesan, paprika, salt, and pepper.
• Spread mixture over fillets.
• Sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
• Spray with butter-flavored cooking spray.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until fish flakes.