Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, seared tilapia with coconut quinoa. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chili Lime Pan Seared Tilapia with Apple Salsa and Quinoa This meal was inspired by a recipe I found online when I was looking for ideas for searing fish. You can use this recipe in a corn tortilla and have tacos in lieu of quinoa and shred the tilapia after it's made. Great recipe for Chili Lime Pan Seared Tilapia with Apple Salsa and Quinoa.
Seared Tilapia with Coconut Quinoa is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Seared Tilapia with Coconut Quinoa is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have seared tilapia with coconut quinoa using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Seared Tilapia with Coconut Quinoa:
- Prepare 2 Tilapia fillets
- Prepare lemon pepper seasoning
- Take Coconut oil
- Get 1 cup quinoa
- Get 1/2 cup coconut flakes
- Get 1 clove garlic
- Make ready 1 handful almonds sliced
- Make ready flat leaf parsley
- Take 1 avocado
- Get 1 lemon
Because of the sauce, I made brown rice and used the rice as a base to serve the fish on top, as well as the sauce. You can use white rice, mashed potatoes, quinoa, anything that will have some ability to absorb the sauce and go well with the fish. Tilapia fillets are rolled in coconut-flavored bread crumbs with a special spice mix, then pan fried and served with mango-pineapple salsa for a Caribbean-inspired dinner. Most any mild, firm fish will work, and it's great made with scallops, too.
Steps to make Seared Tilapia with Coconut Quinoa:
- Start with the Quinoa
- Add 1 tbl coconut oil to a medium sized pot and turn the heat to med-high
- Add the quinoa and toast until it pops and browns lightly
- Add garlic and stir
- Add 2 cups water and bring to boil. Then turn the heat down to low and cover. Let quinoa absorb water for about 10 - 15 mins, then remove lid.
- Now for the Tilapia. You can do this while the quinoa is finishing.
- Heat a pan with about 1 tbl coconut oil to med-high.
- Pat the fish dry and roll the fish in lemon pepper seasoning (I buy mine from DeKalb farmers market)
- When the oil is hot, add the fish and allow to sear for about 3 minutes each side.
- Add salt and pepper to taste to the quinoa. Also mix in almonds.
- Cut slices of avocado and lemon for serving with the quinoa and fish
- Sprinkle parsley over everything… it's pretty that way!
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