Pan Seared Tilapia with Brown Butter Herb Sauce

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A Tilapia recipe that is super flavorful, super flaky, and super easy


TILAPIA INGREDIENTS
  • 4 Tilapia Filets (frozen and defrosted or fresh)
  • 1 Tbl Ghee (or butter)
  • The Spices:
  • Dash of Salt & Pepper
  • Dash of Onion Powder
  • Dash of Garlic Powder
  • Dash of Paprika
  • 1/4 tsp brown sugar (I used Lakanto Golden Monkfruit sweetener to keep it sugar-free)
  • 2 tbl Mayonaisse
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Dry both sides of the tilapia with a paper towel
  2. Cut the tilapia filet down the middle on the natural line (so you'll have two half filets)
  3. Sprinkle salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and brown sugar onto the tilapia
  4. Heat a non-stick pan with the butter on medium heat until it starts to shimmer
  5. Organize your half filets by thickness (keep all the thick sides together and keep all the thin sides together)
  6. Put your thick half-filets into the pan, dab a little mayo on the top of the filet and cook for 2 minutes
  7. Flip the half-filet, dab a little mayo on top of the filet and cook for another 2 minutes or until the half-filet reaches an internal temperature of 145* F
  8. Remove half-filets from heat
  9. Start your second batch (the thin half-filets) and follow the steps 6-8, but cook for 90 seconds per side (since they are a little thinner) 
  10. Top the filets with some fresh herbs (I used parsley) 
RECIPE NOTES:
  • Tilapia filets tend to have one side of the filet that is thinner than the other, therefore if you try to cook the whole filet, one side will cook much faster than the others (hence the reason this recipe calls for cutting the whole filet into halves). Don't skip this step.
  • Make sure you dry your filet well (water on the filet is not your friend here)
  • Fish should always be cooked to a temperature of 145*F, however, I tend to pan cook the fish until 140* F, remove it from the pan and let the internal temperature rise to 145* on it's own.
  • America's Test Kitchen offers a wonderful course on the best methods for cooking white fish in their online school . The course is called "One Fish, Two Fish, White Fish"




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