Poached Tilapia
Poached Tilapia

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, poached tilapia. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Poached Tilapia is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Poached Tilapia is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Place the tilapia, lemon juice, coriander, and parsley in a bowl; toss until fillets are evenly coated. Once rinsed, place the tilapia fillets in the baking dish. Mix together butter, garlic, and lemon juice and drizzle the mixture over the fish. You'll know the fish is ready when it's turned a solid white color and flakes easily when pulled apart.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have poached tilapia using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Poached Tilapia:
  1. Prepare for the fish
  2. Prepare 4 tilapia filets
  3. Get 1 salt & black pepper (to taste/ as needed)
  4. Get 2 tbsp butter
  5. Take 1/2 shallot (minced)
  6. Get 1 large sautee pan that has a tight fitting lid ( i made a greased parchment paper lid as well)
  7. Make ready for the sauce
  8. Make ready 1 1/2 cup dry or crisp white wine
  9. Make ready 2 cup heavy cream
  10. Make ready 2 tbsp butter (whole/cold)
  11. Make ready 1 salt & white pepper ( to taste/ as needed)
  12. Prepare 1 tomato ( peeled, seeded, diced)
  13. Make ready 2 tbsp parsley (finely chopped)

Poaching is a good technique for cooking lean fish like tilapia, cod, sole, haddock, snapper, or halibut as well as fatty fish like salmon or trout. It is a type of moist-heat cooking technique that involves cooking by submerging a food item in a liquid usually at a low temperature. Poaching preserves moisture and adds flavor without adding fat. Add the broth and thyme to a frying pan then bring to a boil over high heat.

Instructions to make Poached Tilapia:
  1. season the tilapia
  2. heat the first 2 tbsp's of butter over medium high heat. ( you can use a little more butter if youd like)
  3. add the minced shallots- saute until translucent.
  4. add the tilapia to the pan with shallots
  5. pour in the wine
  6. cover the pan and reduce the heat to low.
  7. cook until the tilapia is completely cooked and the wine is almost reduced all the way ( about 10 minutes)
  8. when cooked, remove the tilapia and set aside (covered to keep warm.)
  9. add the cream to the reduced wine and swirl it into a sauce over medium low heat, scraping the pan to release cooked particles stuck to the pan .
  10. mix in the remaining butter to thicken the sauce.
  11. As it thickens, you will need to add salt and white pepper to give your sauce flavor. taste and adjust seasoning.
  12. strain the sauce if desired. mix in the tomatoes and pour the sauce over the cooked tilapia. garnish with chopped parsley and enjoy!

Poaching preserves moisture and adds flavor without adding fat. Add the broth and thyme to a frying pan then bring to a boil over high heat. You may need to flip the tilapia if they are thicker than the broth is deep. Once the first two fillets are finished cooking, carefully transfer them to a platter or serving dish. Place the sliced onions in the bottom of an oven proof dish.

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