Broil-in-Foil Tilapia (Broiled Mojarra)

A former classmate of mine, Monette, commented to me via a personal e-mail how she’d love to have easy-to-prepare, 30-minute type recipes. I agree! With career, traffic, household chores, picking up kids from school, taking care of hubby, PTA meetings etcetera, etcetera, a mother and wife has indeed quite a few balls to juggle. Who wants to sweat in the kitchen after a day of running around trying to please the boss at work? We want to whip up a meal and zip out of the heat in thirty minutes flat, right?

Here is a very easy tilapia (commonly called here in the US and in Latin communities as mojarra) dish that can have wives back to their relaxing baths in 10 minutes. Yeah sure! More like back to scrubbing the bathtub!

 

Makes 4 Servings

Ingredients

2 whole tilapia (mojarra), gutted, scaled
3 tbsps fried garlic chips
2 lemons
2 tbsps butter or olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

To make fried garlic chips, crush cloves with back of knife to remove peel. Mince garlic and fry in hot oil over low heat until light brown and crispy. Remove from oil and drain on paper towels.

Place fish on a sheet of foil. Squeeze lemon juice onto fish. Sprinkle on garlic chips.
Season with salt and pepper to taste. Top each fish with one tablespoon of butter or drizzle with olive oil.

Fold foil, enclosing fish. Place on foil-wrapped fish on an oven-safe dish. Bake at 375 F for around 20 to 25 minutes. Remove foil and place on serving platter.

 

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