Vietnamese Tilapia With Turmeric & Dill

Name: Vietnamese Tilapia With Turmeric & Dill
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Vietnamese, Asian
Ingredients: 2 Tbs Asian fish sauce; 1 Tb canola oil; 21 grams small bunch fresh dill (about; 2 Tbs granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground turmeric; 1 teaspoons minced jalapeno; 2 Tbs fresh lime juice; 2 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 mediums scallions; 2 fillets tilapia fillets (about 12 oz. total)

Vietnamese Tilapia With Turmeric & Dill is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe with 2 servings. This main course has 301 calories, 36g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ground turmeric, canolan oil, jalapeno, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lime juice you could follow this main course with the Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. It is a pretty expensive recipe for fans of Vietnamese food.

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine the sugar and lime juice and stir until the sugar has dissolved.

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Lime Juice

Sugar

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Bowl

Add the fish sauce and jalapeno. Set aside.

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Fish Sauce

Jalapeno Pepper

Trim the scallions and cut them into 2-inch-long pieces. Quarter the white and light-green pieces lengthwise; leave the dark-green pieces whole.

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Green Onions

Cut the dill into 2-inch-long pieces (you should have about 1/2 cup).

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Dill

Pat the fish dry with a paper towel.

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Fish

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle the ginger, turmeric, 1/4 tsp. salt, and a few grinds of black pepper all over the fillets.

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Black Pepper

Turmeric

Ginger

Salt

Heat the oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the tilapia and cook, flipping once, until just firm and opaque in the center of the thickest part, about 4 minutes total.

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Tilapia

Transfer the tilapia to two serving plates.

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Tilapia

Add the scallions to the pan and cook, stirring frequently, until they just start to wilt, about 45 seconds.

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Green Onions

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Frying Pan

Add the dill and continue to cook until it has wilted slightly, about 15 seconds more. Pile the scallions and dill over the tilapia and serve the sauce on the side for drizzling.

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Green Onions

Tilapia

Sauce

Dill

Serving Suggestions

Serve with

Stir-Fried Bok Choy with Garlic, Ginger, and Scallions.

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Green Onions

Bok Choy

Garlic

Ginger

Calories

310, Fat

10, Fat Calories

90, Saturated Fat

5, Protein

36, Monounsaturated Fat

6, Carbohydrates

1630, Cholesterol

85, Fiber

Photo: Scott Phillips

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19, Polyunsaturated Fat

3, Sodium

Equipment

Bowl

Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

2Tbs

Asian fish sauce 1Tb

canola oil 21grams

small bunch fresh dill (about 2Tbs

granulated sugar 1teaspoons

ground ginger 0teaspoons

ground turmeric 1teaspoons

minced jalapeno 2Tbs

fresh lime juice 2servings

Salt and freshly ground black pepper 6mediums

scallions 2fillets

tilapia fillets (about 12 oz. total)

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

Tilapia works really well 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. You could try Tangent Paragon Vineyard Pinot Gris. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 12 dollars per bottle.