Best Pan Fried Tilapia Recipes

PAN FRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a shallow baking dish combine flour, seafood seasoning, salt and pepper. Add the tilapia and lightly coat each side.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Shake off any excess seasoned flour and place in the skillet. Brown on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Place tilapia on a baking sheet that is lined with a paper grocery bag or paper towels and keep warm in the oven while you prepare the sauce.
• Turn down the heat to the pan the tilapia was cooked to low and add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add the garlic, lemon juice and parsley and saute for 2 minutes. Place the fillets on serving plates or a platter, top with the sauce and serve.

PAN FRIED SEASONED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Thaw frozen fillets in the package, in a bowl of warm water or sink for approx 10 minute Meanwhile combine spices in a bowl. Dip thawed Tilapia in spices and pan fry in butter on medium for approx 5 min each side. Enjoy!

PAN-FRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, Cajun seasoning, basil, parsley, and lemon-pepper seasoning. Stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add tilapia fillets and increase heat to medium-high.
• Cook tilapia until opaque and easily flaked with a fork, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Adjust temperature if it browns too quickly.

PAN FRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Warm up olive oil in a 10" or 12" skillet.
• Mix the corn meal and Old Bay seasoning thoroughly, then spread out on a platter.
• Coat tilapia fillets lightly, but thoroughly with corn meal and Old Bay mixture.
• Lay coated fillets in hot olive oil (medium-medium high heat) and cook until golden on the bottom, then turn fillets over and repeat.
• Do not overcook the fish--it's easy to do.
• While fillets are cooking, combine Miracle Whip, sweet relish, and lemon juice and stir until well blended, then serve with the fish.
• It's quick, easy, and doesn't require a lot of cleanup.
• Steamed carrots or broccoli and some form of potatoes go well with this.

EASY PAN-FRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Dry tilapia fillets and cut each in half. Season each fillet with Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper. Dredge in flour to coat, shaking off excess.
• Melt butter and oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Pan-fry fish quickly, working in batches if needed, until edges appear white, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and continue to cook until easily flaked with a fork, 3 to 4 minutes more. Remove to a plate and keep warm.
• Heat the same pan over medium-high heat. Saute onion until soft, about 5 minutes. Pour white wine into the pan, reduce heat, and let simmer until reduced by about half, 5 to 7 minutes. Drizzle sauce over fish before serving and garnish with capers.

PAN-FRIED MUSTARD MAYONNAISE TILAPIA

Steps:

• Stir together the panko crumbs, salt, paprika, thyme, black pepper, and dried parsley in a bowl until thoroughly combined. In another bowl, mix the brown mustard and mayonnaise until smooth.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat until the oil shimmers. Dip each tilapia fillet into the mustard mixture, then coat on all sides with the seasoned panko crumbs. Lay the coated fillets gently into the hot oil, and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes per side.

PAN FRIED TILAPIA WITH WHITE WINE AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients, stir­ring well with a whisk; set aside.
• Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. Dredge fillets lightly in flour, and coat both sides of fillets with cooking spray.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fillets; cook 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; turn fillets, and cook 3 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Remove from pan.
• Add wine mixture to pan; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in butter until melted. Spoon wine mixture over fillets; sprinkle with parsley. Serve with lemon wedges, if desired.

PAN-FRIED TILAPIA FILLETS WITH CAPERS

Steps:

• Season tilapia fillets with salt and pepper on all sides. Dredge in flour and shake off excess.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and pan-fry tilapia until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.
• While tilapia is cooking, bring cream to a boil in a second skillet and season with salt and nutmeg. Add tilapia and capers. Simmer until cream thickens, about 5 minutes.

KELLY'S PAN FRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Put bread crumbs into a shallow dish.
• Gently press tilapia fillets into bread crumbs to coat. Gently toss between your hands so any bread crumbs that haven't stuck can fall away. Place the breaded tilapia onto a plate while breading the rest; do not stack.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Cook tilapia in hot oil until golden brown, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer cooked fillets to a plate.
• Top each fillet with salsa; cook in microwave to get the salsa hot, about 15 seconds.

PAN-FRIED TILAPIA WITH MANGO SALSA

Steps:

• 1. Preheat a cast iron skillet on medium heat. Brush both sides of the tilapia with oil. Sprinkle the seasonings over both sides of the tilapia, to taste.
• 2. Pan-fry the tilapia, carefully turning once. Cook to an internal temp of 145 degrees F.
• 3. Meanwhile, cook the rice according to package directions, and steam the vegetable medley, season with the lemon pepper to taste.
• 4. Mango Salsa: Mix all of the ingredients, except the mango. Just before serving, add the mango and mix lightly.
• 5. To Serve: Top the fish with the salsa and serve alongside the rice and veggies. Enjoy!

PAN FRIED TILAPIA SANDWICH

Steps:

• Stir together the mayonnaise, onion, tomato, relish, and piri piri in a small bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and set aside.
• Season the tilapia fillets on both sides with the seafood seasoning and garlic powder. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the tilapia fillets until they are golden brown on both sides and no longer translucent in the center, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Place two slices of pepperjack cheese on top of each fillet, cover the skillet, and cook until the cheese has melted.
• Place each tilapia fillet onto a slice of toasted bread, spread with the reserved sauce, then top with the remaining slices of bread.

PAN-FRIED TILAPIA WITH TOMATILLO RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack at about 6 inches from the heat source. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and spray with cooking spray. Place the pepper pieces cut sides down onto the prepared baking sheet. Cook under the preheated broiler until the skin of the pepper has blackened and blistered, 5 to 10 minutes. Place the blackened pepper pieces into a bowl, and tightly seal with plastic wrap. Allow the pepper to steam as it cools, about 20 minutes. Once cool, remove and discard the skins.
• Heat 2 teaspoons of canola oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the tomatillos until softened, about 8 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper, and mix in the garlic. Cook and stir until the garlic is softened, about 1 minute. Place the hot tomatillos into a blender, and add the roasted red pepper, parsley, rice vinegar, and honey. Blend the sauce until smooth, and set aside.
• In a shallow bowl, mix together the flour, chili powder, and dried oregano. Sprinkle the fish fillets with salt and black pepper, and dredge in the flour mixture until coated.
• Heat 2 teaspoons of canola oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the fish until browned, 2 to 3 minutes; carefully flip the fish over and cook on the other side until the meat is opaque and slightly flaky and the fish has browned, about 4 minutes.
• Transfer fish to a serving platter. Squeeze the lemon halves over the fish, and serve with sauce. If sauce has cooled, pour into a microwave-safe bowl, and cook in microwave on medium setting until hot, about 2 minutes.

PAN FRIED TILAPIA FROM SANDRA LEE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a shallow baking dish combine flour, seafood seasoning, salt and pepper. Add the tilapia and lightly coat each side.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Shake off any excess seasoned flour and place in the skillet. Brown on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Place tilapia on a baking sheet that is lined with a paper grocery bag or paper towels and keep warm in the oven while you prepare the sauce.
• Turn down the heat to the pan the tilapia was cooked to low and add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add the garlic, lemon juice and parsley and saute for 2 minutes. Place the fillets on serving plates or a platter, top with the sauce and serve.

PAN-FRIED TILAPIA WITH WHITE WINE AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients, stirring well with a whisk; set aside. Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. Dredge fillets lightly in flour, and coat both sides of fillets with cooking spray. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fillets; cook 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; turn fillets, and cook 3 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Remove from pan. Add wine mixture to pan; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in butter until melted. Spoon wine mixture over fillets; sprinkle with parsley. Serve with lemon wedges, if desired. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 fillet and 2 tablespoons sauce).

PAN FRIED CAJUN TILAPIA

Steps:

• blend the eggs with the lemon juice.
• blend the herbs spices and pancake mix with the bread crumbs
• dredge the fish in egg mixture.
• then coat with bread crumb mixture completely.
• heat enough oil in pan to fry in stainless steel pan.
• Fry for approx 3 minutes per side on medium high heat.
• you can play with the volume of bread to herb to flour/pancake ratio to get your desired favourite.

PAN FRIED TILAPIA WITH LIMONCELLO SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk the egg.
• combine all dry ingredients for fish.
• Dredge the fish in the egg, then in the dry mix.place fish filets in fridge for an hour.
• fry fish in canola oil for 5 mins a side until crispy and flakey in middle.
• For sauce.
• Saute onion in Butter until soft.
• Agg garlic white wine, limoncello, cream, lemon and orange peel .
• Simmer for 10 mins then toss in basil and season with salt and pepper.

PAN FRIED/BROILED PARMESAN TILAPIA RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Mix all topping ingredients and set aside. Coat fish in flour, dip in egg then coat in bread crumbs. Pan fry 4 to 5 minutes each side, I use a cast iron pan, fry 2 fillets at a time. Top each fillet with the topping and broil for 3 minutes or until cheese is browned.

PAN FRIED CAJUN TILAPIA

Steps:

• 1. Combine the flour & Cajun seasoning together in a baggie. Whisk the egg white and water together in a small bowl. Mix the breadcrumbs and cornmeal together in a separate bowl.
• 2. Add the butter and oil to a large skillet. Place 1 filet in the baggie with flour and cajun seasoning. Shake it around and shake off excess, dip it in the egg white mixture then dredge into the breadcrumb corn meal mixture. Repeat with remaining filets.
• 3. Fry in the butter/olive oil for 3 to 4 minutes each side.

PAN FRIED TILAPIA WITH LIME BASIL BEURRE BLANC ON A BED OF WILT

Steps:

• For the sauce; combine the lime juice, wine, garlic and shallots in a wide pan, bring to a boil and reduce to 1/4 the volume.
• Pour into a bowl and stir in the cream.
• Whisk in the butter, 1 TBS at a time, until thoroughly combined.
• Stir in the fresh basil and hold the sauce in a warm place until ready to serve.
• For the spinach, slice the garlic into thin slivers.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium heat for 30 seconds.
• Add the butter and, when half of it has melted, add the garlic.
• Cook, stirring constantly, for about 45 seconds or until the garlic is tender and fragrant.
• Add the spinach leaves, and season with salt and pepper.
• Use tongs or a spatula to stir the spinach so it cooks evenly.
• Remove from heat when all spinach leaves have wilted, setting aside to keep warm while you cook the fish.
• Divide the fillets into 4 pieces.
• Sprinkle lightly with the salt, sugar, pepper and paprika.
• Place a large non-stick skillet over high heat.
• When hot add the oil and butter.
• When the butter begins to melt, swirl to coat the pan.
• Place the fish in the pan and cook for 5 minutes; turning gently until fish flakes easily, do not over cook.
• To serve, place the spinach in an attractive mound on a heated plate, top with the fish fillets and spoon sauce over.
• Serve at once!

CURRIED PAN-FRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Combine eggs, coconut milk, curry, salt and pepper. Dredge fish in cornmeal then dip in coconut mixture. Let excess drip off. Saute the fillets until golden brown and crisp.