All of my pictures of this meal turned out a little blurry, but I’m going to blog it anyway because it’s one of my favorite ways to eat tilapia. B and I love almonds, and they’re one of the best foods in the world for you. This fish is nice and crispy and is super healthy. I usually serve it over a nutted brown rice pilaf, but tonight we had couscous and green beans. I added extra almonds on top this time, and I loved the addition.
Almond Crusted Tilapia
Source: Adapted from Southern Living
Really, this isn’t much of a recipe, but here’s how I make it:
2 tilapia filets
1/4 cup roasted almonds, plus 6-8 more
1/8 cup whole wheat flour
Salt and pepper
Extra virgin olive oil
1. Process the 1/4 cup almonds and the flour in a food processor until finely combined.
2. Season the tilapia with salt and pepper, then dredge in the almond mixture to coat both sides.
3. Saute the tilapia in extra virgin olive oil until brown on both sides, approximately 10 minutes.
4. Process the remaining almonds until roughly chopped, or chop with a knife, and sprinkle over fish.
I tried this recipe. so easy! I added hot sesame oil to the olive oil when cooking an dit was great! Love your site carrie. Very inspiring! monika winkler-montz
Thanks, Monika! I’m glad that you liked the recipe! I usually make this rice recipe with it, if you’re interested: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1704060 …it’s really good! I hope that everything is well with you!