Today I am sharing one of the simplest recipes. It’s delicious and a great option with the current Publix sale – Easy Baked Tilapia.
Now, I am not kidding when I say easy. You can have dinner on the table in 30 minutes. I like to sauté the garlic in butter but if you are really pressed for time you could easily just throw everything on the fish and pop it in the oven to cut your prep time down even more.
The great thing about this recipe is that my kids will eat it. There are only about 3 ways that my boys will eat fish. When I find a recipe that works – I stick with it. Now, I will admit that I don’t love tilapia. I have tried it a million different ways and am often disappointed. This recipe is the exception, it makes this fairly inexpensive fish quite tasty. Of course, I would much rather have a big piece of sea bass. For a regular weeknight dinner, I opt for a budget friendly alternative.
Give this recipe a try. I think you will find that this simple recipe is really quite delicious. Serve this dish with my Feta Stuffed Zucchini Boats and some steamed rice and you have a fantastic dinner at a great price.
This recipe is part of our Publix Menu Plan (Week Of 3/20 – 3/26). Be sure and check out the other recipes that I have shared so far this week:
- 1 pound tilapia
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 – 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 4 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
- parsley for garnish
- Preheat the oven to 375º F.
- Wash and dry the fish then place it on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Melt the butter in a small pan and cook the garlic for 1 -2 minutes, until softened and fragrant.
- Whisk in the lemon juice and pour over the prepared fish.
- Generously sprinkle the Old Bay seasoning all over the fish.
- Bake in 375º F oven for 20 minutes or until fish easily flakes.
- Garnish with parsley and serve with lemon.
Fresh Tilapia Fillets, Farm Raised, Never Frozen, $6.99/lb
Garlic = 50¢
Mahatma Rice = 9¢ ($0.50/1 insert coupon)
President Feta Cheese, Assorted Varieties, 6 oz, BOGO $5.39 = $2.70
Zucchini Squash, Assorted Varieties, $1.69/lb
(3) Lemons = $1.99 (already purchased for earlier meal)
Parsley – $1.35 (already purchased for earlier meal)
TOTAL = $11.97
You’ll have plenty of leftover feta, garlic and rice for another meal!
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This sounds delicious! I am with you on the tilapia but it is easy for me to keep in my freezer in a form that is individually packaged so it is what we eat most often. I have pinned it for the next time we have fish. I have done a generous coating of lemon pepper and about 1/2 t minced garlic on each fillet and then some thin slices of butter for years and we like that but I am so tired of it.
Tomorrow night’s dinner!
This sounds awesome!!
I will definitely try it.
I allergic to citric avid so I can use citric juice in the recipe. Is there an alternative to the lemon or lime?
THANK YOU!
I’m pretty clueless at cooking, and am trying to learn, and I actually pulled this off! My husband is very particular and he really liked this a lot! Here are my notes on cooking this fish for two.
The Frozen Tilapia filets on sale at Publix was $4.00 per pound. I started with 2 frozen fillets, fully thawed. (They thawed at room temperature in about 3 hours.) With rice and a couple of side dishes, that was plenty.
I got out the other ingredients at 4:30.
I used the minced garlic from a refrigerated jar, about 3 teaspoons.
I added ~ 2 teaspoons of diced yellow bell pepper and about a tablespoon of diced onion and sautéed them with the garlic.
Next time, I’ll use a smaller baking tray to keep the butter on the fish.
I started preheating the oven at 4:45.
I put it in the oven at 5:00.
They were done in 15 minutes.
We at at 5:20.
Absolutely delicious. Thank you.