"Landon" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:44:51 -0400, wrote:
>
>>My wife wants me to cook tilapia. I've never had it. First off, is it a
>>"fishy"
>>tasting fish or nice and clean tasting like flounder, cod, halibut, etc? I
>>don't
>>like fishy tasting. And does anyone have a nice, simple oven baked recipe
>>for
>>it? I have yellow corn meal, flour, Old Bay seasoning and some other
>>spices.
>>Also, anyone here do fried flounder? Have a simple recipe for that too/
>>Thanks.
>>And yes, I know there's Google, but I like to pick the brains of people
>>who
>>actually do the cooking.
>
> Tilapia is a very mild tasting fish. Similar in strength of flavor to
> flounder.
>
> It's so mild tasting that you probably want to stay away from the
> stronger tasting seasonings like Old Bay unless you use a very, very
> tiny bit of it.
>
(snippage)
I don't agree with this statement. Tilapia is *so* mild it needs something
to give it a boost. I don't think the OP wants bland, boring fish. He just
doesn't want "fishy" tasting fish. I don't, either. Tilapia is easy with
some seasonings. I often pan-fry tilapia in a little neutral oil (canola or
corn) coated in a mixture of cornmeal with a little Zattarains seasoned fish
fry coating. It comes out crispy and flavourful on the outside, moist,
tender and flaky inside. Doesn't take long to cook at all, maybe 3-5
minutes on each side in the pan. Delicious!
Jill