Best Tilapia Escabeche Recipes

Escabeche De Pescado (Crunchy Tilapia in Tomato Sauce) image

Provided by EmJoMay

Time 35m

Yield 2-3 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 lbs tilapia fillets
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup cornmeal
salt and pepper, to taste
1/4 cup olive oil
1 onion, vertically sliced
1 green pepper, cut into strips
1 cup cilantro, chopped
2 garlic cloves
15 ounces stewed tomatoes or 15 ounces diced tomatoes

Steps:

Chop up onion, green pepper, garlic, and cilantro and set aside.
Mix flour, cornmeal, salt, and pepper and spread on a plate. (omit cornmeal for faster cooking time).
Cut up each tilapia filet into 3 or 4 strips.
Coat tilapia with the flour mixture.
In a large frying pan, add 2 or 3 tablespoons oil and then add the fish.
Flip over the fish when golden until both sides are cooked, adding rest of oil as needed.
Remove fish from pan and set aside.
Add onion, green pepper, garlic, and cilantro mixture and stir fry them in the remaining oil until onion is translucent.
Add the tomatoes and the fish, folding the sauce over the fish gently.
Heat through at medium temperature and serve over white rice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 887.6, Fat 36.1, SaturatedFat 6.5, Cholesterol 227, Sodium 757.1, Carbohydrate 47.5, Fiber 5.9, Sugar 14.1, Protein 97.5

Tilapia escabeche Recipe - (4/5) image

Provided by á-6136

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 (500 grams) piece large whole tilapia
1/4 teaspoon salt to season fish
1 cup oil for frying
1/4 cup butter, for sauteing
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, cut in strips
1 thumbsize ginger, jullienned
1/2 cup red and green pepper, sliced in strips
1 carrot, jullienned
1/4 teaspoon black ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon msg(optional)
1/2 tablespoon salt(adjust to your taste preference)
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 cup water
1/2 cup brown sugar(just add to your taste preference)

Steps:

COOKING PROCEDURES: 1 Season the fish with salt and fry in hot oil. 2. Heat up the pan with oil, saute the garlic, onion and ginger. 4 Put in the carrots and the red and green bell peppers. Cook for a minute. 5 Add water, vinegar and black ground pepper and bring it to a boil. Do not stir until it comes to a boil. 6 Add brown sugar and dissolved cornstarch, stir and cook until the sauce becomes thick. 7 Put the fried fish. Then cook for a 2-3 minutes. 8 Serve with rice.