Recipe

Pan Fried Tilapia (With Lemon Butter Sauce)

Golden-crusted tilapia fillets topped with a simple lemon butter sauce deliver restaurant-quality fish in your own kitchen.

Pan Fried Tilapia (With Lemon Butter Sauce)

Total time

20 min

Servings

4

Net carbs

0.9g

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Ingredients

What you need

Adjust servings

4 servings
4
  • 4 6-oz Tilapia fillets ((1.5 lb total))
  • ½ tsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp Sea salt
  • ¼ tsp Black pepper
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • ½ cup Salted butter
  • 2 tbsp Lemon juice ((from 1 lemon))
  • ½ tsp Garlic powder

Instructions

How to cook it

Prep timer

20:00
  1. Set a large skillet or saute pan over medium to medium-high heat and keep the ingredients close so the cooking stays fast and even.
  2. 1. Thoroughly pat the tilapia fillets dry with paper towels, then season both sides with garlic powder, sea salt, and black pepper.
  3. 2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 2 minutes.
  4. 3. Add fillets in a single layer without crowding and sear undisturbed for 3-4 minutes until edges turn opaque, then flip and cook 2-4 minutes more until the internal temperature reaches 135-140 degrees F, reducing heat to medium if browning too quickly.
  5. 4. Transfer fish to a plate and cover tightly with foil to keep warm.
  6. 5. Lower heat to medium-low and make the lemon butter sauce in the same pan by melting butter with lemon juice and garlic powder.
  7. 6. Drizzle sauce on serving plates, place tilapia fillets on top, and finish with additional sauce over the fish.
  8. Taste and adjust the seasoning at the end, then serve while everything is hot or freshly chilled.

Source & attribution

Wholesome Yum · IMPORTED

https://diet.driv.space/recipes/pan-fried-tilapia-with-lemon-butter-sauceWholesome Yum reference: https://www.wholesomeyum.com/pan-fried-tilapia/

Rated 4.91/5 from 55 ratings on Wholesome Yum. Method rewritten in-house; see source for the publisher's original.