Tilapia Italiano
- 6 tilapia fillets
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon thyme (fresh off the stem or granulated )
- 1 (4 ounce) can black olives (sliced )
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh basil
- 2 garlic cloves (minced )
- 1/2 cup vidalia onion (sweet, finely chopped )
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 6 sprigs thyme
- 6 lemon slices
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lightly spray a shallow baking dish with cooking spray (olive or canola).
- In a bowl, stir together oil, thyme, diced tomatoes, sliced olives, parsley, basil, chopped onions and lemon juice.
- In the prepared baking dish, arrange the fillets skin side down and season with salt.
- Spoon the tomato mixture over the fillets abundantly.
- Bake, uncovered, in the middle of the oven for about 15 or 20 minutes or until fish just flake.
- Garnish fish with lemon slices and fresh Thyme .
- Now comes the best part, sit down with your loved ones and enjoy !
- Hope you will go wild for this dish as my family did.
- You may want to serve this with risotto or tortellini .
tilapia fillets, extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, thyme, black olives, parsley, fresh basil, garlic, vidalia onion, lemon juice, thyme, lemon slices
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tilapia-italiano-293206 (may not work)