Red Curry Tilapia Recipes

RED CURRY TILAPIA

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium high heat in a large pot or dutch oven.
• Add bell pepper, onion, garlic, salt, and black pepper and stir. Cook until onion becomes translucent, about 4 minutes.
• Drop heat to medium heat, add red curry paste, and stir.
• Add coconut milk and sugar, and stir until well incorporated.
• Place tilapia filets into stew and spoon some stew over them until the filets are covered.
• Let tilapia filets cook until they have turned white and flake easily with a fork. I break my tilapia filets up into small chunks which are easier for my children to eat.
• Once the fish is cooked, serve warm over white rice.

BEER BATTERED TILAPIA WITH RED CHILE MANDARIN ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat enough olive oil, to shallow fry the fish, in a large skillet over medium-high heat
• In a shallow dish, whisk together 1/2 cup of the flour, beer, egg, and baking powder. Place remaining 1/4 cup flour in a separate shallow dish.
• Season both sides of fish fillets with salt and black pepper. Dredge fish in flour, turn to coat both sides and then shake off excess flour. Dunk fish in beer mixture and turn to coat both sides.
• Add fish to hot oil and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side, until cooked through and opaque. Remove fish from oil. Place on a paper towel lined plate.
• While the fish is frying, in a medium bowl, whisk together lemon juice and chili paste. Add mandarin oranges and cilantro and toss to combine. Serve sauce over fish.

COCONUT CURRIED TILAPIA

Steps:

• Season tilapia fillets with salt, chile powder, and black pepper. Set aside.
• In iron pot, heat olive oil; add curry powder stirring often. Allow curry powder to practically burn. Add a little water whenever paste becomes too sticky.
• Add most garlic and onions until well coated.
• Add coconut milk. Stir. After 1 minute, add fish and remaining garlic and onions.
• Lower heat and cover for about 15 - 20 minutes.
• Serve over jasmine or coconut rice.

THAI-STYLE TILAPIA WITH COCONUT-CURRY BROTH

Steps:

• In a large saute pan, heat the oil over moderate heat.
• Add the shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, 3-5 minutes.
• Add the curry paste and cook, stirring until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add the chicken broth, coconut milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt and simmer until reduced to 2 cups, about 5 minutes.
• Season the tilapia with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Arrange the fish in the pan and gently shake the pan so the fish is coated with the sauce.
• Cover and cook until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 7 minutes.
• Arrange a pile of steamed spinach in the bottom of 4 soup plates.
• Top with the fish fillets.
• Stir the cilantro, scallions and lime juice into the sauce and season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the sauce over the fish and serve with rice.

FISH FILET IN THAI COCONUT CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook shallots until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in curry paste, coconut milk, chicken broth, and sugar. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and cook until curry has reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Season with salt if necessary.
• Season fish with salt and carefully place in the skillet with the curry sauce, spooning some curry sauce on top. Cover skillet and cook until fish flakes easily from fork and is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove fish from skillet.
• Stir cilantro, green onions, and lime juice into curry sauce and serve with the fish. Serve with lime wedges.