Tilapia is a versatile, inexpensive fish that's always popular with home cooks. Simplify weeknight dinners with these quick and easy tilapia recipes from Food Network chefs.
Grilled Tilapia with Lemon Butter, Capers and Orzo
When it comes to grilling fish, Bobby Flay recommends choosing an option with a dense texture, such as tilapia. Since white fish has such a mild flavor, the grilled tilapia makes the perfect canvas for Bobby's rich butter sauce.
Breaded tilapia packs a punch of flavor when it's first seared in olive oil and then baked. All you need is a fresh arugula salad with a light citrus dressing to accompany your fish.
Coat tilapia fillets in a flour-and-herb mixture, then fry them in butter until crispy. Serve the fish alongside lemony green beans and grape tomatoes for a dinner done in 30 minutes.
Make your own herb butter by chopping up fresh herbs and folding them into room-temperature butter. You can make it ahead and freeze it, or immediately add a pat of the butter to baked tilapia for a quick seasoning.
A cornmeal-crusted tilapia fillet is just the thing to sandwich between halves of a soft potato roll. Complete the meal by topping each sandwich with some crunchy lettuce and Jeff Mauro's homemade tartar sauce.
Inspired by Indian food, this dinner pairs broiled tilapia with basmati rice, peas and a light yogurt sauce spiked with garlic, ginger, lime and spices.
Marinate tilapia in a simple lime marinade to add lots of flavor and help to tenderize the fish. Top the tacos with crunchy vegetables and a creamy, spicy low-fat yogurt sauce in Ellie Krieger's lighter version of this Tex-Mex favorite.
You can cook everything for this recipe in one pot — starting with the fingerling potatoes and ending with the tilapia. Quick and easy, this dish is both an ideal weeknight meal and an elegant dinner-party entree.
A quick tomato sauce is easy if you start with canned tomatoes and crush them by hand before adding garlic, herbs and red pepper flakes. Pair it with chunks of tilapia fillets and multigrain spaghetti for a meal that's ready in 35 minutes.
Mild tilapia and shrimp get a real kick from a marinade of lime juice and fresh herbs. A crisp, spicy cabbage slaw makes the perfect topper. Since tilapia fillets are thicker on one side than the other, they're hard to cook evenly. Split them through the center seam so the halves can go on the grill separately.
Thanks to whole-wheat breadcrumbs and a yogurt-based dipping sauce, these homemade fish sticks (made with tilapia) put a healthy spin on the freezer-aisle favorite.
Cook tilapia in an olive oil-coated skillet over medium-high heat to get great char on the fish before serving with a coleslaw-inspired salad and cornbread.
A light, aromatic tomato broth is the rustic base for this stew of tilapia and steamed mussels. Serve each bowl with a slice of toasted ciabatta bread for dunking.
This easy weeknight dinner is loaded with fiber and protein, and feeds a family of four with just one 8-ounce piece of fish. And thanks to the whole-grain pasta, this 420-calorie-per-person dish is satisfying as well as economical.
Using foil packets is a quick, efficient and mess-free way to get fish from the oven or grill to the table — especially flaky tilapia. The foil wrapping protects the delicate white flesh from overcooking.
