Baked Tilapia!

I wasn't planning on blogging about the dinner I cooked tonight, but it was so good I just had to share my recipe. I bought fresh tilapia from Whole Foods Market when it was on sale the other day. I coated it with cracker crumbs, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, parsley, and garlic. I served it with some yummy risotto, steamed broccoli, and twice baked potatoes. I normally wouldn't serve 2 starches in one meal, but my fiance can put away some food! He doesn't even call it a meal if it doesnt have at least one meat, starch, vegtable, salad, and bread.

Heat oven to 350-375
3 pieces of tilapia
1/2 package of crackers
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
salt/pepper
garlic powder
parsley flakes


2 eggs (beaten)
1/4 lemon
flour

2-3 tablespoons butter (melted). You can subsitute olive oil for butter. For my filet I omitted this step for personal dietary preferences.

1. crush package of crackers into crumbs and place into a sandwich bag
-add parmesan
-salt/pepper
-garlic powder
-parsley flakes
Shake ingredients up and then pour into a dish that is at least 1 inch deep
2. beat 2 eggs
-add lemon juice
(can add milk/buttermilk if desired)
-place into a dish that is at least 1 inch deep
3. place about 1/8 cup flour onto a separate plate
4. form an assembly line-flour first, then egg wash, and last should be the bread crumbs
5. cover counter space with seran wrap (easy cleanup)
6. unwrap each filet and season with salt pepper
7. lightly coat with flour
8. dip into egg wash, cover entire fliet, but make sure you let excess wash drip off
9. dip into cracker mixture, using your hands to fully coat tilapia
10. repeat steps 8 and 9 and then place onto pan
11. bake until fish turns white and flakey (10-20 minutes depending on oven and preference of doneness). Check on fish and right before it reaches desired doneness pour butter mixture on top of each filet. Let it broil unti the crust on fish turns a golden brown.
12. Remove from oven and serve with desired sides.

Yummy!