Crispy Thai Tilapia with Honey Ginger Sauce

Tagged with: Fish Sauces Seafood

(Recipe from Gilmore’s Restaurant, West Chester, PA – Fine Food & Fun Monthly Flyer)

What a fabulous recipe to make some evening for two or with another couple. Tilapia is a nice, simple fish to cook when having dinner guests because of it’s light, flaky texture and smaller fillet. I also find that you can prep the sauce mixture ahead of time and then add the oil to the mixture and blend to incorporate at the time you are sauteing the fish.

(Note: if making for 2 people you might want to cut the recipe in half or slightly reduce the amounts)

For the Sauce

8 Tbsp Lemon juice
1 cup Honey
1 cup Soy sauce
8 tsp minced Ginger
4 tsp minced Garlic
2 cups Canola oil

For the Fish

1/2 whole grain mustard
2 eggs
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
Panko bread crumbs

Directions

For the sauce:

Combine the lemon juice, honey, soy sauce, ginger and garlic in a blender and mix.
With the blender running slowly add the oil until it is incorporated.

For the fish:

Whisk together the whole grain mustard, eggs and Dijon mustard.
Season the fish with salt and pepper.
Coat the fish first in the flour, then into the mustard mixture and then into the panko breadcrumbs making sure you pat firmly.
Saute the fish in butter until golden brown on both sides.

Serve with the sauce.

Sides: Green Beans or Brocolini, fingerling potatoes

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