PARMESAN CRUSTED TILAPIA
Olive Garden Copycat Recipe
Primary Dish
Tilapia crusting mixture (recipe below )
Fresh Italian vegetables (recipe below )
6 fillets of tilapia (about 6 ounces each )
11/4 cup Alfredo sauce (favorite homemade recipe or commercially made )
8 ounces cooked angel hair pasta
fresh parsley sprigs
6 lemon wedges
Tilapia Crusting Mixture
3/4 cup Italian breadcrumbs
3/4 cup grated Mozzarella dairy product
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Utilizing a spoon, completely mix all ingredients inside a large bowl. Cover, put aside and refrigerate until available.
Italian Vegetables
4 cups zucchini, reduce 1/4 inch slices, then halved
4 cups yellow squash, reduce 1/4 inch slices, then halved
2 cups red onions, reduce strips
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon chopped garlic clove
1/4 cup extra virgin essential olive oil
Inside a large bowl, combine all ingredients and blend completely. Place onto a baking sheet, developing just one layer. Put aside until ready for baking with tilapia.
Assembling Parmesan Crusted Tilapia:
Preheat oven to 450 levels. Place tilapia fillets inside a nonstick, shallow, baking pan.
Pour 3 tablespoons Alfredo sauce onto each tilapia fillet. Use bottom of spoon to evenly coat surface of fish. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of prepared tilapia crusting mixture onto each bit and firmly pat breading evenly over Alfredo sauce. Place pan of tilapia on the top rack and simultaneously, place baking sheet with vegetables around the center rack, within the oven.
After roughly ten minutes, or once the internal temperature of fish reaches 150 levels, remove use oven and transfer onto a sizable platter. The vegetables should bake for the next 5 minutes, or until tender, after which remove in the oven. Chuck the ball vegetables with angel hair pasta and put around fish. Sprinkle dish with parsley, garnish with lemon wedges and serve immediately.