Recipe #110

Tilapia With Pineapple Salsa.

Ingredients

1 red bell pepper, de-seeded and chopped
1 cup chopped fresh pineapple
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
4 tilapia fillets
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
3 chopped scallions, green and white parts

Directions.


Mix the red pepper, pineapple, hot pepper flakes, scallions and lime juice together.

Put this salsa to one side. Put the cornmeal in one bowl and the flour in another.

Whisk the Old Bay seasoning into the mayonnaise.

Dip a fillet of tilapia into the flour and shake off any excess.

Brush the mayonnaise over both sides then dip it into the cornmeal, shaking off the excess.

Put the fish on a wax paper lined baking sheet.

Repeat this process with the other 3 fillets.

Heat the skillet and add the oil and butter.

Saute the coated tilapia fillets until they are golden.

Turn them over and cook them for another 5 minutes.

Serve with the pineapple salsa.