This is how I pack lunch. Cajun Tilapia over a bed of brown rice with stir-fry peppers, onions and garlic. ((insert foodgasm here))
It’s super-simple, my friends. Super-doooper simple. Your Tilapia whoredom will soar to new levels, morphing this fish into your new favorite sea-beast. Flame broiled Kraken tentacles can’t hold a candle to this one. Now let’s git to it:
INGREDIENTS (serves one hungry mouth)
- 1 piece of killed Tilapia (not alive)
- 1 small green pepper
- 1 small onion
- 1 or 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Cajun seasoning
- light drizzles of olive oil
- splash of white wine
- 1/2 cup cooked brown rice
DIRECTIONS
- Have your 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice ready to go. (I pre-cook an entire pot early in the week)
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Drizzle a bit of olive oil in shallow baking pan. I use a glass pan.
- Place Tilapia in pan, splash with some white wine, then sprinkle with Cajun seasoning.
- Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for approximately 15 minutes or until Tilapia flakes with fork. Don’t overcook!
- While Tilapia is baking, saute’ the sliced green peppers, onions and crushed garlic. Season with salt & pepper. Include splash of white wine as it cooks for extra flavor.
- Pour the sauteed veggies over rice, then top with your Killed Cajun Tilapia.
I cook up this recipe about 3 times a week at around 6am in the morning BEFORE I workout. So ya see, it’s a non-intrusive kinda thing. It’s in no way inconvenient or time consuming. Just whip it up and you’re done. For extra convenience, you can go with the bag of frozen Tilapia slabs — just take a piece out the freezer and thaw in the fridge overnight.
But what about microwaving fish in the office?
I take the fish out the plastic container, heat up the rest of the container contents, then return the fish to the container (cut into pieces) and seal tight with lid for about 2 minutes. This trick allows the heat to infuse into the fish. It heats it pretty decent and results in zero fish-fumes around the office.
Now isn’t that real fancy?
I need to try this recipe! I am not a big fish fan because I don’t cook it very well. I’ll try this and if it doesn’t work out, at least I will have tried (and according to the recipe, opened a bottle of wine in the process).
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You can totally do it! I bet it’s gonna turn out tasty. I’m preferring fish over chicken nowadays. But I’ll never say “no” to a slab of prime rib.
That sounds delicious. And a zillion thank you’s from afar to you for not making your lunchroom smell like fish…
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Love tilapia (and anything with wine!!).
I wanted to pin this – no pinterest?
Can’t wait to try this!!!
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Look at what you made me do. Just added a Pinterest button in your honor. My heart was racing wildly during installation of that Pinterest code. Whew! I always get nervous when I install stuff on the blog. hehe
Awesome – Now I have it pinned so that I can make it soon (after a trip to the store).
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Sounds as good as what they serve in some Cajun restaurants down here — they rely more on catfish, too. Tilapia is better.
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There’s a food truck on the city that does fried catfish. I was tempted to , but can’t go through with the fried part. I fry once a year and that’s done at home.
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Great & EASY!
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number 1-this recipe looks delish!!
number 2-what an amazing way to heat the fish!! LOVE!
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No microwaving fish in any office…….! What nifty trick!!!
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CAJUN ROCKS MY SOCKS OFF! Whole Foods makes this AMAZINGGGGGG Cajun Catfish that I just cannot resist every single time I set foot in the store! I b-line to the prepared food section and go wild with the samples, LOL! But your recipe will now make me look less like a free-balling mooch… Because Ill actually go home and cook food! LOL!
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Humm, this fancy tip is very interesting. I like my food hot, I wonder would it be to my liking? The recipe looks great. Do you really eat the same thing 3 times a week?
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We are not allowed to microwave fish at work, but tilapia is pretty mild … Maybe after my vegetarian lent I will add back in fish because this looks yummy!
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That looks so tasty! I wonder how it really taste. I’ll try that one of these days! Thanks for the recipe.
This sounds so good! With a fish allergy I might try it with chicken, or it won’t stay down for very long
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Cajun chickens sure does sound tasty. I may do this, too. Great idea.