Tilapia with Green Tomato Tapenade

Description

The tapenade is great in pasta, served as an appetizer on bread rounds, or over another mild fish or thin chicken breast. It’s a great way to use up your green tomatoes at the end of the season. You can also make a big batch and freeze it. It is a nice taste of late summer when it’s cold out. I do have to say, I think this is good enough; I am looking forward to summer’s first tomatoes that might just not get a chance to ripen!

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • ¼ large onion, diced
  • 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®)
  • 2 green tomatoes, diced
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 1 pinch dried basil
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 ½ pounds tilapia fillets
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent
  2. about 5 minutes. Stir in diced tomatoes
  3. green tomatoes
  4. capers
  5. basil
  6. salt
  7. and pepper. Cook
  8. stirring occasionally
  9. until flavors combine
  10. about 5 minutes.
  11. Season tilapia fillets with salt and pepper.
  12. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add tilapia fillets; cook until flesh flakes easily with a fork
  13. about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving platter.
  14. Pour lemon juice into the skillet; swirl to pick up browned bits off the bottom of the skillet
  15. 30 seconds to 1 minute. Pour over fillets.
  16. Spoon tomato mixture over fillets before serving.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 17 mins

Total Time: 32 mins

Servings: 4

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