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Pan Fried Tilapia Recipe (With Lemon Butter Sauce)

Pan fried tilapia recipe plated with lemon

Pan seared tilapia with lemon butter sauce is flaky and tender, in 20 minutes! Make this pan fried tilapia recipe with just 6 ingredients.

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image Prep: 5 minutes
image Cook: 15 minutes
image Total: 20 minutes
image Author: Maya Krampf from WholesomeYum.com
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Ingredients

Tilapia

Lemon butter sauce:

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Instructions

  1. Pat the fish fillets completely dry with paper towels, which will ensure even browning. Season the fish on both sides with garlic powder, sea salt, and black pepper. Set aside.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 2 minutes.

  3. Add the tilapia fillets in a single layer, working in batches if it doesn’t fit. Sear, without moving, for 3-4 minutes, until the edges of the fish are opaque. Flip and cook for 2-4 minutes, until cooked through.

  4. Remove the fish from the pan and cover tightly with foil to keep warm.

  5. Reduce heat to medium-low. In the same pan, make the lemon butter sauce for fish like this.

  6. Drizzle a little lemon butter sauce over each serving plate. Place the pan seared tilapia fillets over the sauce, then drizzle more sauce on top.

Recipe Notes

Serving size: 1 tilapia fillet with 2 tbsp sauce

Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving. Serving size in recipe notes above.
Calories 432
Fat 32.9g
Protein 34.6g
Total Carbs 1.1g
Net Carbs 0.9g
Fiber 0.2g
Sugar 0.4g

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