BROILED TILAPIA WITH ALMOND AND BREAD CRUMB TOPPING

Broiled Tilapia with Almond and Bread Crumb Topping image

The almond bread crumb topping gives the broiled tilapia lots of additional flavor and a nice golden brown crunch. Can be served in individual cast iron skillets.

Provided by ANGELFROMHEAVEN

Categories Seafood Fish Tilapia

Time 30m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 10

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Ingredients

2 (4 ounce) frozen tilapia fillets
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 pinches garlic pepper, divided, or to taste
2 pinches lemon-pepper seasoning, divided, or to taste
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 large lemon, juiced, divided
¼ cup salted butter, melted
½ cup fresh bread crumbs
¼ cup slivered almonds
1 teaspoon salted butter, melted

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly brush a small cast iron pan or a baking pan with olive oil.
Brush frozen fish with 2 teaspoons olive oil and season both sides with garlic pepper, lemon-pepper seasoning, salt, and pepper. Top with 1/2 of the lemon juice. Place fish in a broiler pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 3 minutes. Turn fillets over and continue to bake, watching closely, until fish begins to flake, 3 to 5 minutes. Use a spatula to transfer fish to the prepared cast iron pan. Leave the oven on.
Top fish with 1/4 cup melted butter and the remaining lemon juice and season with garlic pepper, lemon-pepper seasoning, salt, and pepper. Season bread crumbs as desired and mix with slivered almonds and 1 teaspoon butter. Sprinkle over fish.
Bake in the preheated oven, watching closely and without turning, until golden brown on top, 5 to 7 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 500.2 calories, Carbohydrate 14.7 g, Cholesterol 107.3 mg, Fat 38.6 g, Fiber 4.3 g, Protein 27.5 g, SaturatedFat 17.4 g, Sodium 845.5 mg, Sugar 1.2 g