Description
Easy pan-fried tilapia, lightly breaded and quickly fried in an equal amount of butter and olive oil. Then topped with a wine sauce and garnished with capers.
Ingredients
- 4 (4 ounce) fillets tilapia fillets, or more to taste
- 1 pinch Cajun seasoning, or to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour, or as needed
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup white cooking wine, or more as needed
- ¼ cup capers
Instructions
- Dry tilapia fillets and cut each in half. Season each fillet with Cajun seasoning
- salt
- and pepper. Dredge in flour to coat
- shaking off excess.
- Melt butter and oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Pan-fry fish quickly
- working in batches if needed
- until edges appear white
- 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and continue to cook until easily flaked with a fork
- 3 to 4 minutes more. Remove to a plate and keep warm.
- Heat the same pan over medium-high heat. Saute onion until soft
- about 5 minutes. Pour white wine into the pan
- reduce heat
- and let simmer until reduced by about half
- 5 to 7 minutes. Drizzle sauce over fish before serving and garnish with capers.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4