Tortilla Crusted Tilapia by Adolfo Weiman

I don’t know about you, But I love my seafood and being a college student on a budget does not leave me much room for seafood when I go to the grocery store. One day while I was out at HEB I decided to cut back on the meat so that I could by this tortilla crusted tilapia. Well long story short it was the best fish I have ever had eaten, Next to the smoked tuna I had once. If your ever out at HEB do your self a favor and grab you some, its in the  seafood area in the big HEB’s. It goes really well with rice or any kind of green, like zucchini,  asparagus, or even green beans with a little olive oil and some toni’s of course. Well since I refuse to to pay 5.00 for two fillets of fish, I had to find the recipe and I did just that. I recommend that you buy it first to see if you like it before you go ahead with the recipe, just because, for a big bag of tilapia is 6 dollars for about 12 pieces of fish. 

Ingredients:

4 tilapia fillets

6 corn tortillas, torn in pieces

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped

1 teaspoon lime juice

1/4 cup fresh cilantro

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon seasoning salt

1 egg, beaten

1.  Preheat ovet to 375 coat a baking sheet with olive oil/spray

2.  place tortilla pieces, pepper, lime juice, cilantro and spices in blender. pluse until the mixture is uniform small crumbs. spread on plate.

3.  beat egg in shallow dish

4.  dip each fillet in egg. then in crumbs, patting crumbs to adhere.

5.  bake unitl fish flakes, about 15 minutes

I would recommend after prep. that you would place in the fridge for a few hours. to let the mixture settle, before placing it in the oven.

Enjoy!

www.food.com/recipe/tortilla-crusted-tilapia-153647