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Crispy Tilapia with Spicy Thai Basil Sauce

Here's how you make Crispy Tilapia with Spicy Thai Basil Sauce
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 12m
  • Cook: 17m
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 1/2 pounds tilapia fillets
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 large egg (beaten with 1 Tbsp water)
  • 1 cup panko bread crumbs
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 6 to 8 shallots, minced
  • 4 to 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 6 to 8 Thai chile peppers, sliced
  • 1 bell pepper, chopped
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock (or fish stock)
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Splenda brown sugar blend (brown sugar or palm sugar)
  • 1/2 whole lime, juiced
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch (with 1 tsp cold water, whisked into a slurry)
  • 1 cup Thai basil leaves
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Pat fish dry.

  • Step 2: Dredge fish in lour, then egg wash, then panko; set aside.

  • Step 3: Saute shallots, garlic, chili peppers, and bell pepper in one tablespoon of the coconut oil until soft.

  • Step 4: Add stock, fish sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar and lime juice and simmer until mixture reduces by about a third.

  • Step 5: Stir in cornstarch slurry and stir until sauce thickens; keep warm.

  • Step 6: Cook fish fillets about 3-5 minutes per side in the remaining coconut oil, or until they are nicely browned.

  • Step 7: Add basil to sauce and stir just till it wilts, then serve sauce over crispy fish.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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