Grilled Lemon Butter Tilapia

Gone in 60 Seconds. Well not quite, more like 5 minutes. Flaky and tender. Prep and cooking time of 11 minutes. Oh so simple and way up there on the health-o-meter, the taste-o-meter and the I-really-should-do-this-more-o-meter.

Do you want a little spicier treat? Try my Grilled Blackened Tilapia

Even though I'm on a healthy cooking kick, I used real butter on this. I thought the taste was needed. That is 8 grams of fat spread over 6 fillets with a little left on the brush and bowl. So about 1 gram per fillet.

I make up the sour cream biscuits and popped them in the oven and turned my attention to the tilapia. I had started the grill preheating when I started the biscuits. The total prep time and cooking time combined was exactly the 11 minutes the biscuits to cook. That is quick.

Rating:

My wife loved it and so did I.

Notes: The one pound package of frozen tilapia had six medium fillets that I had moved from the freezer to the frig the night before.

Tools: Grill safe griddle, PAM

Ingredients:

1 lb. Tilapia fillets (6 medium fillets)

2 t butter

2 t ReaLemon or about the juice of 1/2 lemon

1/2 t garlic powder

salt and pepper

Instructions:

1) Preheat grill on high with griddle in place.

2) Pat dry fillets.

3) In a small bowl, put butter, lemon and garlic powder. Microwave for 10 seconds and mix well.

4) Brush both sides of the fillets with the butter mixture. Do this quickly before the solution firms up.

5) Lightly salt and pepper to taste.

6) Spray griddle with grill rated PAM. 

7) Grill for about 4 minutes per side.

8) Serve hot off grill.

Grilled Lemon Butter Tilapia

by Dan Mikesell August 16, 2010

Gone in 60 Seconds. Well not quite, more like 5 minutes. Flaky and tender. Prep and cooking time of 11 minutes. Oh so simple and way up there on the health-o-meter, the taste-o-meter and the I-really-should-do-this-more-o-meter. Even though I'm on a healthy cooking kick, I used real butter on this. I thought the taste was needed. That is 8 grams of fat spread over 6 fillets with a little left on the brush and bowl. So about 1 gram per fillet. I make up the sour cream biscuits and popped them in the oven and turned my attention to the tilapia. I had started the grill preheating when I started the biscuits. The total prep time and cooking time combined was exactly the 11 minutes the biscuits to cook. That is quick.

Ingredients

1 lb. (6 medium fillets) Tilapia fillets2 t butter2 t ReaLemon or about the juice of 1/2 lemon1/2 t garlic powder salt and pepper

Instructions

1) Preheat grill on high with griddle in place.2) Pat dry fillets.3) In a small bowl, put butter, lemon and garlic powder. Microwave for 10 seconds and mix well.4) Brush both sides of the fillets with the butter mixture. Do this quickly before the solution firms up.5) Lightly salt and pepper to taste.6) Spray griddle with grill rated PAM. 7) Grill for about 4 minutes per side.8) Serve hot off grill.

Details

Prep time: 3 mins Cook time: 8 mins Total time: 11 mins Yield: 3 servings

Updated

April 23, 2011

Dan Mikesell