Cajun Blackened Tilapia

Name: Cajun Blackened Tilapia
Prep time: 13 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Cajun, Creole
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons cayenne, or more to taste; 2 teaspoons celery salt; 2 teaspoons dried thyme; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 Tbsp paprika; 1 teaspoon pepper; 8 fillets tilapia fillets, 2 to 4 oz. each; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter, melted

Cajun Blackened Tilapian is a gluten free, primal, and pescatarian main course. One portion of this dish contains approximately 55g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 351 calories. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 5. A mixture of cayenne, butter, thyme, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the unsalted butter you could follow this main course with the Almond Milk Chocolate Pudding as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Creole cuisine.

Instructions

Combine pepper, cayenne, celery salt, paprika, garlic powder and thyme in a shallow bowl; mix well.

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Garlic Powder

Celery Salt

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Paprika

Pepper

Thyme

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Bowl

Warm a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until hot.

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Frying Pan

Brush fillets with butter and coat on both sides with spice mixture.

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Butter

Working in batches, cook fish, turning once, until blackened on both sides and flaky inside, 3 to 4 minutes total.

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Fish

Serve immediately.

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

1teaspoons

cayenne, or more to taste 2teaspoons

celery salt 2teaspoons

dried thyme 2teaspoons

garlic powder 1Tbsp

paprika 1teaspoon

pepper 8fillets

tilapia fillets, 2 to 4 oz. each 4Tbsps

unsalted butter, melted

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir, Sparkling Wine

Tilapian on the menu? Try pairing with Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. One wine you could try is Alois Lageder Terran Alpina Pinot Grigio Vigneti delle Dolomiti. It has 4.3 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 16 dollars.