Today was one of those days when you feel like you were busy all day long but have nothing to show for it. I wanted to cook dinner but I felt too busy to prepare a complicated, time-consuming meal. Tonight, I went with an already tried and true dinner but, since I first prepared it during my break from blogging, it is new to you.
This Sunday night dinner was Sautéed Tilapia with Citrus-Soy Marinade from my Keepers cookbook. I think this is the easiest fish dish I have ever prepared and that simplicity must work in its favor because it is my family's new favorite.
In a large Ziploc bag (I love the large, freezer-size Ziploc bags - love them!) I poured in some soy sauce, orange juice and honey.
I then put the tilapia filets in the bag and let them marinate for about 20 minutes.
The tilapia filets were really nice and firm and fresh today so I knew they would turn out well.
They were also large so I fried them up, in a little bit of heated olive oil, two at a time. One thing that is always a little weird with this dish is that the marinade chars up on the fish during cooking. I have tried patting the filets dry after I remove them from the marinade and before I put them in the frying pan but it made no difference. Fortunately, this doesn't seem to really effect the taste.
I'm also not a fan of the oil-splatter-mess that is left behind when one fries anything. Oh well.
Once I finished cooking both batches, I poured the rest of the marinade into the frying pan and reduced it. I poured the reduction over the cooked filets and served them, along with sides of green beans and rice (brown for me, white for the kids), to my family.
My picky son likes this. My very health conscious husband likes this (minus the rice, of course!). My daughter and I like the dish because we pretty much like everything.
Dirty Dish Count: One gallon freezer Ziploc bag, one measuring cup, one measuring spoon, one frying pan, and one spatula.
And that's all. This blog is about as simple as this dish....which was perfect on a busy-but-not-particuarly-productive Sunday! Next time, I will once more try something that is actually new to me. Wish me luck!
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