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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Pan-Fried Tilapia in a Lemon Butter White Wine Sauce w/ Roasted Garlic Cous Cous and Farm Fresh Sweet Corn

If this dish doesn't speak of summer, I don't know what does! I was shooting for something refreshing, not incredibly overpowering and that wouldn't make you want to take a nap right after eating it. I live in the northeast where we are known for having incredibly mild weather for most of the year. We are just ending a horrendous heat wave of 6 days straight in the high 90's and low 100's, so eating hasn't really been on the top of the list.
I went to our local grocer and they had some absolutely GORGEOUS tilapia filets. I immediately thought that I would panfry them inside (in the AC) and picked up some beautiful, fresh from the farm sweet corn to go along with it. Here's how it all went down:
I picked up a bag of corn boil (seasoning you add to the water you boil the corn in) and added that to my water and got it boiling. Added the corn and set a timer for 10 minutes. I seasoned some flour with salt, pepper, adobo and lemon pepper and mixed it up. I then rinsed off the filets, patted them dry and seasoned lightly with old bay. I added some extra virgin olive oil to a frying pan (enough to cover the bottom) and got the pan real nice and hot. I then shook the excess flour off of the fish and placed them in the pan. They cooked 3 minutes on each side on medium high heat. While the fish was cooking, I got my cous cous cooking which is pretty much instant. Here is what I ended up with. . . cheers :)