Tilapia Italiano

Name: Tilapia Italiano
Ingredients: 6 tilapia fillets; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes; 1 teaspoon thyme (fresh off the stem or granulated ); 1 (4 ounce) can black olives (sliced ); 1 teaspoon parsley; 1/2 teaspoon fresh basil; 2 garlic cloves (minced ); 1/2 cup vidalia onion (sweet, finely chopped ); 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 6 sprigs thyme; 6 lemon slices

12 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

6 tilapia fillets
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon thyme (fresh off the stem or granulated )
1 (4 ounce) can black olives (sliced )
1 teaspoon parsley
1/2 teaspoon fresh basil
2 garlic cloves (minced )
1/2 cup vidalia onion (sweet, finely chopped )
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
6 sprigs thyme
6 lemon slices

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2

Lightly spray a shallow baking dish with cooking spray (olive or canola).
3

In a bowl, stir together oil, thyme, diced tomatoes, sliced olives, parsley, basil, chopped onions and lemon juice.
4

In the prepared baking dish, arrange the fillets skin side down and season with salt.
5

Spoon the tomato mixture over the fillets abundantly.
6

Bake, uncovered, in the middle of the oven for about 15 or 20 minutes or until fish just flake.
7

Garnish fish with lemon slices and fresh Thyme .
8

Now comes the best part, sit down with your loved ones and enjoy !
9

Hope you will go wild for this dish as my family did.
10

You may want to serve this with risotto or tortellini .