Tilapia Feta Florentine

Description

Very clean, fresh, and satisfying Mediterranean dish!

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 (9 ounce) bags fresh spinach
  • ¼ cup sliced kalamata olives
  • 2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese
  • ½ teaspoon grated lemon rind
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 pound tilapia fillets
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 pinch paprika, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is soft
  3. about 5 minutes. Add spinach to skillet; cook and stir until spinach is wilted and cooked down
  4. 5 more minutes. Stir olives
  5. feta cheese
  6. lemon rind
  7. salt
  8. oregano
  9. and white pepper into spinach. Cook until feta cheese has melted and flavors have blended
  10. about 5 more minutes.
  11. Spread spinach mixture into a 9×13-inch baking dish. Arrange tilapia fillets over spinach mixture. Mix butter and lemon juice in a small bowl and drizzle over fish; sprinkle with paprika.
  12. Bake fish in the preheated oven until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily
  13. 20 to 25 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 4

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