Description
Enjoy a flavorful and easy-to-make seafood dish with this Garlic Butter Oven Baked Tilapia recipe. Tender tilapia fillets are baked to perfection with a delicious garlic butter sauce, creating a dish that’s perfect for a quick weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
Tilapia fillets:
- 4 tilapia fillets
Garlic Butter Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Garnish:
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- Lemon slices, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C) and prepare a baking sheet.
- Prepare Fish: Arrange tilapia fillets on the baking sheet.
- Make Garlic Butter: In a bowl, combine melted butter, garlic, lemon juice, paprika, salt, and black pepper.
- Coat Fish: Brush the garlic butter mixture over the fish fillets.
- Bake: Bake for 10–12 minutes until fish flakes easily.
- Finish: Sprinkle with parsley and serve with lemon slices.
Notes
- Serve with steamed vegetables, rice, or a side salad.
- Substitute tilapia with cod or haddock if desired.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 370mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 1g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 27g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
