Cooking Tips & Recipes

Tilapia works great in almost any cooking method. Highlight tilapia’s subtle flavor with light lemony seasonings, or amp it up as an ingredient in a flavorful red curry.

These whole Tilapia are dressed (scaled & gutted), so little prep work is required to cook. Simply rinse and pat the fish dry, then use a knife to cut a few slits across the top of the fish (score the fish). Slits should be about an inch apart and only cut through the skin, not the meat.

If roasting your whole Tilapia, brush the outside and inside of your fish with oil. Typically recipes suggest stuffing fish with aromatics such as lemons, garlic and fresh herbs in addition to seasoning with salt and pepper. Bake at 450F for 18-20 minutes, or until fish flakes easily and reaches an internal temp of 145F.