Best Spicy Tilapia Recipes

GARLIC TILAPIA WITH SPICY KALE

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add garlic, fennel and pepper flakes; cook and stir 1 minute. Add kale and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-12 minutes or until kale is tender., Meanwhile, sprinkle tilapia with 1/2 teaspoon pepper and garlic salt. In a large skillet, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Add tilapia; cook 3-4 minutes on each side or until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork., Add beans, salt and remaining pepper to kale; heat through, stirring occasionally. Serve with tilapia.

SPICY GRILLED TILAPIA WITH CREAMY GRITS AND MUSHROOM SCALLION SAUCE

Steps:

• Mushroom Scallion Sauce: Melt butter in a large saute pan. Saute mushrooms and scallions for about 3 minutes. Stir in wine and heavy cream. Season with garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Stir until sauce thickens slightly. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Grits: Bring milk to a boil. Gradually whisk in grits, butter, salt, and pepper. Stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes until grits thicken to desired consistency. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Grilled Broccoli and Carrots: Heat grill to medium. Toss broccoli and carrots in olive oil and season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Grill vegetables for about 6 minutes or until tender, turning them once halfway through. If room allows, grill tilapia at same time.
• Tilapia: Heat grill to medium. Rinse and dry fillets and then rub with jerk seasoning. Grill tilapia for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove from heat.
• Plate entree by spooning grits on center of plate. Lay tilapia on top of grits. Lay the carrot slices on top of fish in a criss-cross manner and place broccoli stalk on the side of fish. Top with mushroom scallion sauce and serve immediately.

SPICY TILAPIA RICE BOWL

Steps:

• Sprinkle fillets with Cajun seasoning. In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat. Add fillets; cook until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 4-6 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm. Wipe pan clean., In same skillet, heat remaining oil. Add squash; cook and stir 3 minutes. Add stir-fry blend and tomatoes; cook until vegetables are tender, 6-8 minutes longer. Stir in fajita seasoning mix; cook and stir until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes longer., In a small bowl, mix beans, salt and pepper. Divide rice among 4 serving bowls; layer with beans, vegetables and fillets. If desired, serve with toppings.

SPICY TILAPIA

Steps:

• Place fish in a glass pan and preheat oven to 350.
• Combine and melt the butter and lemon juice in the microwave, then pour over the fillets.
• Sprinkle the remaining ingredients (vary the amounts of each to your liking).
• Bake for 30 minutes.

SPICY TILAPIA WITH MUSHROOMS AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Instructions.
• Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Stir-fry onion, garlic clove and pepper until crisp-tender, then add zucchini and continue to cook for a short time. Finally add mushrooms. Push veggies off to the side. Sprinkle one side of Tilapia with Cajun seasoning. Add to skillet. Cook about three minutes and turn.
• Cut lime in half and squeeze lime juice on tilapia from one half of the lime. Use the other half for serving if you like to squeeze it fresh on your fish. Sprinkle cayenne pepper according to taste. Then cover and continue to cook until fish is done, about another three minutes. Serve.
• Pan may dry after sautéing veggies, so I spray some olive oil spray before I place tilapia in pan to keep it from sticking. I also like to add a sprinkle of Marjoram on fish.
• I like to serve it with Steamed Jasmine Rice.

GRILLED TILAPIA WITH SPICY LEMON PEPPER RUB

Steps:

• Prepare a hot fire in a grill. Oil the grate and a perforated grill rack.
• To make the rub, combine all the ingredients in a small jar with a tight-fitting lid. Secure the lid and shake to blend.
• Brush or spray the fillets on both sides with olive oil and sprinkle each fillet with about 1 teaspoon of the rub. (Save the rest for later use; it will keep in the cupboard for several months.)
• Place the fish, flesh side down, on the oiled perforated grill rack and grill for 10 minutes per inch of thickness, turning once halfway through. A fish fillet is done when it begins to flake when tested with a fork in the thickest part.
• Remove from the grill and season with salt and pepper. Combine the melted butter and lemon juice and drizzle the lemon butter over the grilled fish. Serve hot.

SPICY TILAPIA AND FETA CAKES

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Add tilapia fillets, salt, and pepper and cook until easily flaked with a fork, about 2 minutes on each side. Turn off the heat and shred the fish with 2 forks. Transfer to a bowl.
• Toss the fish with bread crumbs, green onions, egg, lemon juice, feta cheese, garlic powder, dill, and hot sauce.
• Form patties with your hand and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Set a skillet over medium-high heat. Add remaining oil. Cook patties in the hot oil until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes on each side.

SPICY BAKED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F Spray baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine salt, paprika, onion powder, dry mustard, garlic, pepper, cumin, basil, oregano, thyme, & rosemary.
• On plate, mix bread crumbs, parsley, and scallions.
• Sprinkle about 1 T of spice mixture on fish. Mix rest of it in with bread crumbs and olive oil.
• Dredge fish in crumb mixture.
• Place on baking pan and bake 12-15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes for even browning.
• Squeeze juice from lemon wedges over fillets & serve.

SPICY GRILLED TILAPIA W/ CREAMY GRITS OR RICE AND MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Mushroom Scallion Sauce: Melt butter in a large saute pan. Saute mushrooms and scallions for about 3 minutes. Stir in wine and heavy cream. Season with garlic powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Stir until sauce thickens slightly. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Grits: Bring milk to a boil. Gradually whisk in grits, butter, salt, and pepper. Stir constantly for about 3 to 5 minutes until grits thicken to desired consistency. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Grilled Broccoli and Carrots: Heat grill to medium. Toss broccoli and carrots in olive oil and season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Grill vegetables for about 6 minutes or until tender, turning them once halfway through. If room allows, grill tilapia at same time.
• Tilapia: Heat grill to medium. Rinse and dry fillets and then rub with jerk seasoning. Grill tilapia for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove from heat.
• Plate entree by spooning grits on center of plate. Lay tilapia on top of grits. Lay the carrot slices on top of fish in a criss-cross manner and place broccoli stalk on the side of fish. Top with mushroom scallion sauce and serve immediately.

SPICY ORANGE TILAPIA

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Rinse of your fish with water and place in bowl. Heat up coconut oil and then let it cool down a few minutes. Take a spoon and drizzle over fish on both sides. Use your spoon to push the oil over the fish or you can brush it on. My fish was so cold still that the coconut oil hardened on top. LOL
• 2. Prepare your spices and orange juice. Get a piece of parchment paper that you can fit the fish in and fold up the side and ends. Pour half of the seasoning over one fillet. Do the same to the second fillet and then place your orange slices on top of the fish and fold up the parchment paper, so the juices don't run out. Place both fillets on baking sheets.
• 3. Cook fish 12-15 minutes and check on it to see if it is cooked thoroughly. (Be careful, when opening parchment paper as the steam is very hot.)
• 4. When fish is done, you are ready to plate. I used two spatulas to lift it carefully off the parchment paper. I then squeezed just a little more fresh orange on top and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. I like serving this with https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/side/vegetable/broccoli-and-barley.html?p=1
• 5. Here is a pic of the Coconut Oil and Ancho Chili Pepper

SPICY BAKED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees
• Spray baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Toss together cornflakes, parmesan cheese and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl or pie plate.
• Whisk together egg and milk in a second shallow bowl or pie plate.
• Dip each fillet in egg mixture; then coat with cornflake mixture.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Serve fish with tarter or cocktail sauce and top with more parmesan cheese, if desired.

SPICY GARLIC GINGER TILAPIA WITH KALAMATA OLIVES

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a bowl.
• Mix in the olive oil, garlic, ginger, olives and red pepper and pour over the tilapia.
• Bake at 300°F for 9 to 11 minutes.

SPICY TILAPIA W/ PINEAPPLE, JALAPENO PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• Combine Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle fish evenly with spice mixture. Put fish in Zip N' Steam Bag cook for about 9 minutes in the microwave or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
• Combine pineapple and next 5 ingredients (through jalapeño) in a large bowl, stirring gently.
• Serve pineapple mixture with fish. Garnish with lime wedges.

PAN SEARED TILAPIA OVER COCONUT RICE WITH SPICY CILANTRO CREAM S

Steps:

• start rice (I use a rice cooker 20 min).
• combine all sauce ingredients in blender and pulse till smooth.
• dust fish with salt, pepper, and blackening seasoning (all sides).
• heat vegetable oil in pan over med heat, add fish fillets (3-4 min on each side).
• serve fish over rice, drizzle with sauce over fillet and around plate.
• garnish with fresh cilantro and lime.

SPICY POTATO-CRUSTED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix taco seasoning, cilantro, cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper and 1/2 tsp salt in a large plastic baggie.
• Place tilapia fillets in baggie and shake to coat evenly.
• Let tilapia marinate in baggie for at least 10 minutes.
• Place egg whites in shallow bowl.
• Mix hash browns, green onions and 1 tsp salt in a dish.
• Dredge tilapia fillets in egg whites and place in a single layer on a cookie sheet that is liberally coated with cooking spray.
• Top each fillet evenly with hash brown mixture and press into fish to set.
• Spray tops of fish with cooking spray.
• Cook in pre-heated oven for 16 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
• Turn oven to broil and continue cooking for 4 minutes.
• Serve with lemon wedges and squeeze onto fillets before eating if desired. (optional).

SEARED TILAPIA WITH ASPARAGUS AND SPICY MINT GREMOLATA

Steps:

• 1. Put a steamer basket in a large pot over 1-inch of boiling salted water. Add the asparagus; cover and steam until it is crisp-tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• 2. In a small dish, stir together the mint, garlic, lemon zest and pepper flakes.
• 3. Brush the tilapia with 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt and pepper to taste. Add 2 tilapia fillets to hot pan; cook, turning once, until opaque throughout, 5 to 7 minutes total. Transfer to plates. Repeat with remaining tilapia.
• 4. Serve the tilapia with the asparagus; garnish with gremolata mixture. Drizzle the asparagus and fish with olive oil, if desired.

SPICY TILAPIA WITH PINEAPPLE-PEPPER RELISH

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Combine Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
• Sprinkle fish evenly with spice mixture.
• Add fish to pan, and cook for 2 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
• Combine pineapple, onions, tomatoes, rice vinegar, chopped cilantro & chopped jalapeno in a large bowl, stirring gently.
• Serve pineapple mixture with fish.
• Garnish with lime wedges.

SPICY ORANGE TILAPIA

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and pepper. Coat the tilapia fillets in the flour mixture, shaking off any excess.
• In a large skillet over moderately high heat, heat 2 tablespoon of the oil until hot but not smoking. Carefully add the fillets and cook for 3 minutes. Flip the fillets and continue cooking until firm to the touch, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a platter and cover to keep warm.
• Wipe the pan clean, add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, and place over moderate heat. Add the onion and sauté, stirring frequently, until tender, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, ginger, and sriracha and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the butter, then remove the sauce from the heat, spoon over the tilapia, and serve immediately.

SPICY PASTA WITH TILAPIA RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the remaining garlic and 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the garlic starts to soften, about 30 seconds. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes, 1/4 cup basil and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 12 minutes. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. When the pasta is almost done, add the tilapia to the skillet with the tomato sauce and simmer, stirring gently, until just cooked through, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley and the remaining 1/4 cup basil; season with salt. Drain the pasta and add it to the sauce. Divide among bowls and top with more basil.

PAN SEARED TILAPIA WITH SPICY PINEAPPLE SALSA

Steps:

• 1. Cut each tilapia piece in half.
• 2. In a large bowl put all the ingredients, combine well, place fish pieces and coat well, marinade in fridge 30 mins.
• 3. In a hot non-stick pan, cook 3 mins each side, don't overcrowd pan, maintain hot... top with my Spicy Pineapple Salsa (recipe posted)