elaine wrote:
> I'm cooking this fish tonight for the first time (on sale at my local
> foodmarket) - the recipe I'm working with (lime butter - below) calls
> for fresh thai or serrano chile - don't have that although I do have
> red pepper flakes, tai curry, cayenne pepper. Would any of those be
> a decent substitute?
(snippage)
> Thanks,
>
> Elaine

I don't keep fresh Thai chili's or serrano around; I'd go with the red
pepper flakes. However, I love the mild taste of tilapia and it seems to me
this would overwhelm it. But you're after something spicy, so go for it.

Jill <--has 4 more tilapia fillets in the freezer but tonight I'm going to
prepare half of that mako shark steak in a cast iron skillet