Hey Cookaholics, Chef Kendra here and today we're making tilapia
now tilapia is very mild so it really accepts the flavors you give it this is
going to be good so let's do what I do we do and make it happening
yo yo first thing we're going to do is preheat the oven 425 degrees Fahrenheit
218 degrees Celsius son the next thing I'm gonna do is measure
out our seasonings we have crushed red pepper here now we're gonna zest a lemon
making sure we only take off the yellow and not the white part because as many
of you know the white part is called the pith and it's like a bad breakup it's
bitter we're gonna slice and juice our limit I'm using my trusty citrus juicer
I also have electric one for when I have a ton of lemons and limes to juice for
pies or pictures of drinks or lemonade but since we only have this one lemon
this is what I'll use so this is one of my few kitchen frustrations y'all when I
buy tilapia from the grocery store not the fish market but the grocery store
the tilapia comes an individually plastic wrap packages is ridiculously
wasteful but it's also freakin annoying to have to cut up all these individual
bags we're gonna grab some parsley from our indoor arrow garden
I love this thing watch out for some hot peppers soon fam oh-ho guys I've been
tasting at the end so stick around for that we're resting the parsley and then
I gave them a rough chop to set on my side we're melting some butter in the
microwave and you can also do in a small pan whatever shell kitchen do what you
want
okay now that we have all our ingredients hanging out in one place
we're gonna add the lemon juice lemon zest
and garlic to our melted butter like some boss
we're gonna mix this really well with a fork I'm gonna set that aside for now
we have black pepper seasoned salt you want to make your own don't you
of course you do I have a link right up there and in the description below to a
video where I show you how to make seasoned salt
we're gonna season both sides our tilapia yah don't forget to cover your
backside
now we smoke along our crust red pepper flakes
time to get these boys in our 13 by 9 baking dish and one single layer guys
we're going to pour our butter limit blend onto our seasoned tilapia just
like so
now guys we're gonna slice a lemon for the top layer lemon slices on top of the
fish
we're gonna get this in our preheated oven and bake for 12 to 14 minutes don't
leave yet because that's not it
here's what it looks like after 12 minutes it's already looking delicious
we're gonna set the broiler to high and broil for an additional three to five
minutes until the tops of the lemons and fish start to brown up a little bit
remove from the oven yeah look at that come on now stop playing all right we're
gonna sprinkle our baked fish with our fresh parsley all right guys you know
what I'm gonna do I'm gonna taste this
look at that so flaky and all the moisture isn't gone that butter you have
that butter on here that lemon we have that garlic
that is delicious and you have that crest red pepper flake just adding just
a tiny bit more flavor is not overpowering it's not hot more super
spicy but it has a nice rich flavor all right. Chef Kendra is out peace