If this was a fancy restaurant, I might call this Mandarin Orange Pan Seared Tilapia with Crisped Ginger and Garlic. Whatever.
This was quick, delicious, and (amazingly) totally adored by everyone at the table. Including the five year old who would prefer to eat Nutella and bread five times a day.
Mandarin Orange Tilapia
Ingredients:
Tilapia filets
1/2” knob of ginger, julienned
5 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
Olive oil
1 tin Mandarin Oranges
3 tsp corn starch
Green onions, to garnish
1. In a small sauce pan, stir together the can of mandarin oranges (including the juice), and the corn starch. Cook over medium heat until bubbly and thickened.
2. Meanwhile, in a skillet, combine a drizzle of olive oil with the ginger and garlic. Turn on your heat to medium high, and heat the oil until the garlic and ginger just start to sizzle and smell good.
3. Add your tilapia (carefully dried on paper towels!) and cook until golden and done, approximately 3-4 minutes per side.
4. Serve the tilapia over rice, with the orange sauce, and garnish with sliced green onions.
Enjoy!
