Coconut Crusted Fish
I say fish instead of listing Cod, Haddock, Tilapia or any other because we all have our budgets and fish is good cooked many different ways. Granted I stick with my white fish. I got this recipe from a co-worker and it was awesome. But a word of caution: All of the amounts are estimated. I was given a list of items to use without measurements and just put together what looked right. So the description below is more of a guideline.
The picture does not do this justice!
Ingredients:
- Juice from 2 fresh limes
- 1/4 cup olive oil (Oil should be equal to the amount of juice you get from the lemon)
- 8 oz tilapia or other white fish (we used Cod)
- Salt and Pepper
- 1/2 cup Panko-bread crumbs
- Shredded Coconut (I used unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup Almonds (Chopped) ( I used Pecans which added too much ‘sweet’ likely will try cashews or walnuts next time)
- Cayenne Pepper – don’t hold back
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Pour fresh lime juice and olive oil into a baking pan
- Place tilapia in pan, coat both sides in juice
- Sprinkle salt and Pepper on fish.
- Sprinkle panko bread crumbs on to fish
- Sprinkle coconut on top of fish
- Sprinkle almonds (Can use pecans, walnuts or other kind of nut)
- Season with cayenne pepper. (More the better )
- Bake approximately 8-20 minutes. Time depends on the size of the fillet.
- Smaller Fillets 8-12 minutes
- Larger Fillets 15-20 minutes
Recipe makes approx 4 – servings.