6 - 8 oz tilapia fillets (we make one per person)
1 tbsp butter or margarine, melted
Blackening seasoning (Zataran's or Old Bay are both great!)
Directions:
- Brush the the tilapia with melted butter
- Shake the blackening season on top of the fish
- Flip the fish over and butter and season the other side
- Cook on a very hot skillet for 5 minutes on each side, until blackened to your liking. (We cook this on our burner on the grill outside. If you can't do this you will definitely want to open a window/back door in the kitchen. It can get a little smoky and with the spices, you might end up in a coughing fit.)
I served this with buttered white rice and steamed soy beans. It was great and was ready in about 20 minutes....a weeknight meal success in my book! We normally like to give Colin the same meal we are eating but made an exception, as spicy fish is not top baby food....so he had fish sticks, some leftover veggie macaroni, and steamed soybeans. He was a happy camper...here is a pic of his plate from dinner.
Colin had his 15 month checkup today and he was such a trooper we took him to Sonic after dinner for a special treat. Luke got a picture of the candy sundae.
And here is little man on the way home...let's just say he was not happy when we took away his ice cream and put him in the car. Yes, that is ice cream on his forehead...we let him really enjoy it! He fed himself so he probably really only got a few real bites, which is a-ok with me.
I love blackened fish but every time I've tried to make it at home its been horrible! I'll try your recipe and hopefully have better luck. The first blackening seasoning I tried (can't remember the name) called for me to lightly pat some on, but I of course only skimmed the instructions so I completely rolled it on both sides... so hot we couldn't even finish it.
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