Monday, March 15, 2010

Baked Talapia with Apricot Sauce and Broccoli

This recipe is my creation. It uses the mild flavored white fish, talapia, and also is a good way to prepare Broccoli. The ingredients are: fish, lemon, 2 roasted red peppers (I had some in the freezer), apricot jam, and broccoli spears.

If you never roasted a red pepper, this is how it is done. Put the pepper on a small, oiled tray in the upper shelf of the oven, set on Broil. Turn the pepper a few times to get the skin blackened. When it has been blackened and is hot, put it in a paper bag or wrap with foil. Leave until cool about 20 minutes. Open the package and remove the skin on the pepper.
1. Thinly slice the lemon and place in a baking dish.
2. Place thawed talapia fillets on lemons.
3. I cooked the broccoli in the microwave before placing it in the baking dish. I did this to avoid over baking the fish.
4. Cut two roasted peppers into small squares and combine with 1/2 cup of apricot jam. Spread over the fillets.
5. Cover the baking dish with lid or aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes. the Broccoli will have a yellow green color.

1 comment:

Kelly said...

Funny story about this recipe. Paul was preparing the pepper to roast it and he thought he needed to cut the pepper into strips. I wondered how he was going to get the blackened skin off. We never let it get really black so there was no skin to take off. He may need a lesson from you.