hey guys deronda here today i'm going to show you how to make this parmesan crusted
tilapia fish i've got four five ounce fillets of tilapia here it can be fresh or frozen if it's
frozen make sure you thought in the refrigerator overnight before using one half cup of all-purpose
flour two tablespoons of olive oil one egg i'm going to serve this tilapia with lemon wedges i'm
going to show you how to cut it here in a little bit you're going to need a half a cup of ritz
crackers or a buttery cracker that looks like this i just put them in a ziploc bag and as you can see
i just crush them down like this until you've got this fine texture on your crackers one fourth of
a cup of grated parmesan cheese and then we got a little bit of salt that i'm going to sprinkle
over our tilapia let this salt just permeate into the fillets you don't want too much because we got
a lot of salt in the crackers and the parmesan cheese we're going to sit this off to the side
for the crust part we're adding our half cup of all-purpose flour we're gonna add our egg
to one bowl with the fork we're gonna whisk it until it's well blended that looks great
in this bowl we're going to add those buttery crackers along with the parmesan cheese now
you can add salt to this if you want but like i said those ritz crackers and that parmesan cheese
has just enough salt for me but add salt if you wish now for the assembly part drench each fillet
and flour first make sure you get it well coated if you want to get in there with your
fingers you can do that too and actually i think that'll be a little bit easier and then shake off
the excess flour then we're going to put it here in its egg bath of course the parmesan
cracker coat my goodness is this going to be absolutely fantastic and shake off the excess
and put it over here on a clean plate continue doing this until you have all four of your tilapia
fillets coated with the flour the egg mixture and if you wonder why we dip it in flour first
it helps hold the egg mixture onto the fillet so it will stick over here to its parmesan crust
all right and then again add it to a clean plate just like that using a large heavy skillet over
medium heat add your olive oil all at once swish it around in your skillet if you're thinking about
skillet you can use a non-stick or you can use a cast iron skillet i'm going to leave that up to
you we're going to set this warm next we're adding those tilapia fillets pretty side down first
to test your skillet to see if your oil is hot you just stick it right there on
the corner you see that sizzling then you know it's ready to go in don't overcrowd your pan
i'm gonna fry my first three and we're gonna continue frying this for about five minutes
after five minutes we're gonna flip them over
all right if you think they're getting too brown for you turn your heat down just a little bit more
and we're going to continue frying on this side for about three more minutes to prepare the lemon
i make sure that i rinse it really well under cool fresh running tap water cut off the ends
cut it in half and then in half again so you have four quarters of your lemon
look how beautiful that is and i like placing the lemon wedge just like that before serving
let's add just a little fresh lemon to the top let's dig in and see what it's like
you can serve this with rice steamed broccoli cauliflower asparagus
perfectly cooked on the inside
wow
um look how lovely and flaky that is you're not gonna go wrong
with this parmesan crusted tilapia it's delicious i'm deronda with foods 101 give me thumbs up
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