Ingredients
- 4 tilapia fillets
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 limes, zested and juiced
- 2 tablespoons chili powder, a couple of palmfuls
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 2/3 palmful
- 2 teaspoons onion powder, 2/3 palmful
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped thyme leaves or 2 teaspoons dried
- 1/4 cup vegetable, canola or safflower oil
Directions
Season the fish with salt and pepper. Arrange 3 shallow dishes. Put the flour in 1 dish and add the eggs to the second dish. Combine the bread crumbs in the third dish and season with 1 tablespoon of lime zest, 2 tablespoons of chili powder, the garlic powder, onion powder and thyme. Coat the fish in the flour, then the egg and then the bread crumbs.
Heat the oil, about 1/4 cup, in large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. If your pan is not large enough to fry 4 fillets, in a single layer, heat the oven to 275 degrees F and put a cooling rack on a baking sheet. As you fry the fish, transfer them to the rack in the oven to keep warm. Fry the fish until deeply golden and crispy and transfer to a serving platter. Season with a little extra salt, top with lots of lime juice and serve.
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By TheUglyBlogling
on April 02, 2012
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Amazing! Going to make this again and use it in my fish tacos. I did, however, use half breadcrumbs and half panko. All breadcrumbs would have reminded me more of a parmigiana chicken coating and have been...well, bready. While all panko generally does coat completely. The mixture of the two provided full coverage of the fish while getting extra crunchy. Can I say it? Yum-O!
By ironica1_7971693
Forest Hills, NY
on January 31, 2012
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Tasty but I doctored up the breadcrumbs with extra onion and garlic powder. I used panko breadcrumbs which worked well. The lime on the fish is great.
By sochmanek
on December 08, 2011
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Very easy to make and very tasty!!
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