Pan Seared Tilapia Fillets With Lemon Cilantro Sauce
By: Sofia Reino
Published: Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 1:44pm

Ingredients




12 Tilapia fillets
Oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Chives
1 bunch Cilantro
1/2 bunch Parsley
1 cup Green onions
4 cloves Garlic
1 cup Seafood stock (from the shells and fish bones)
1 cup Heavy cream
1 tablespoon Peppercorns
3 Lemons, juiced
1 dash Sea salt

Preparation

1 Season the fillets with salt and pepper. 2 Add a little oil to a cast iron pan. Slightly brown the tilapia fillets. Remove them from the pan. 3 For the cilantro sauce, combine the cilantro, parsley, green onions, garlic, seafood stock, peppercorns, lemon juice and sea salt in a blender and blend it until you get a nice, smooth green sauce. 4 With the cast iron pan still warm, remove excess oil and add the green sauce. Let it simmer for about 2 minutes, then add the heavy cream. 5 Add the tilapia fillets for about 2 minutes. Serve with chives.

About


I love to eat fish as well as to cook it. I must admit though I prefer to cook a whole fish - that means with its head- than fish fillets. I was feel a little overwhelmed with them. After much reading recipes from halfhourmeals.com, two of them caught my attention and I decided to blend them together in my own way. My inspirations were Fried Fish with Coriander/Cilantro Sauce and Herb and Lemon Butter Tilapia.