Description
My son’s girlfriend, Nicole, named this ‘mango-licous’. The mango salsa is great over the tilapia, as a dip or on cottage cheese. Try serving the tilapia over brown basmati rice or lightly dressed salad greens for a complete meal. Then generously top with the salsa. Mango-licious!!
Ingredients
- 4 tilapia fillets
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 ½ tablespoons grated orange zest
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- crushed red pepper flakes to taste
- 1 mango – peeled, seeded and diced
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 1 avocado – peeled, pitted and diced
- 3 roma tomatoes – peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1 lime, zested and juiced
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)
- In a shallow baking dish
- combine the olive oil
- orange zest
- orange juice
- salt
- pepper and chili flakes. Rinse the fish fillets and pat them dry. Place them into the baking dish and turn to coat with the seasonings.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven
- until fish can be flaked with a fork.
- While the fish cooks
- combine the mango
- onion
- avocado
- tomatoes
- lime zest and juice
- jalapeno
- ginger
- cilantro and 1 teaspoon kosher salt in a glass bowl. Stir to blend and set aside at room temperature until fish has finished cooking. Place fillets on a platter and spoon the salsa over them to serve.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Total Time: 22 mins
Servings: 4