Pan Fried Tilapia

Pan Fried Tilapia is a quick no fuss tilapia recipe that is easy to whip up. Top with some lemon butter for the ultimate tasty seafood dish for lunch or dinner. Made with just a few ingredients.

Course dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword pan fried tilapia, tilapia recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings servings

Ingredients

Ingredients:

4 6 oz tilapia filets
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon coarse salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoons olive oil or avocado oil
4 tablespoon Parsley Lemon Butter or your favorite flavored butter.

Parsley Lemon Butter

4 tablespoons salted butter
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped

Garnish

Lemon slices
Fresh chopped parsley

Instructions

Prepare parsley lemon butter. Mix all the ingredients in a food processor.
Reshape into a cylinder. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator
to harden.
Pat tilapia dry with a paper towel.
Mix garlic powder, salt, pepper, paprika, lemon zest in a bowl.
Rub tilapia filets with oil.
Rub seasoning mix onto all sides of tilapia.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Spray with non-stick cooking
spray.
Add the tilapia filets. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the edges turn white
(opaque). Turn your filets over and finish cooking the other side for 2-3
minutes until the fish is cooked through and flakes easily and internal
temperature is 140°F,
Turn off heat. Add 1 tablespoon of Parsley Lemon Butter to the top of each
filet.
Remove from the pan and serve with lemon slices and fresh parsley.

Notes

Air Fryer Instructions:
1. Prepare tilapia as in skillet instructions.
2. Cook at 400°F for 4 minutes on each side in the air fryer.
3. Use an instant read thermometer to make sure the fish reached 140°F.
4. Remove from the air fryer. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon parsley butter to the
top of each filet. Serve.