Tilapia is a highly versatile fish and you can eat tilapia seven days a week for many months without ever having to use the same recipe twice. Tilapia is not only inexpensive and readily available; it is also a lean and highly nutritious type of food. A lot of us need to include more fish in our diet to optimise our health. If you’re out of tilapia recipes, there is a myriad of excellent mouth-watering recipes to be found online.

Why not try some of the many variants of Blackened Tilapia? One way of cooking Blackened Tilapia is to simply heat up an iron skillet over strong heat for 5 minutes while you prepare the seasoning by mixing together 3 tablespoons of paprika powder, 3 teaspoons of garlic powder, 2 teaspoons of salt, 2 teaspoons of lemon pepper, 1.5 teaspoon of grounded red pepper, 1.5 teaspoon of dried, crushed basil, and 1 teaspoon of dried thyme. Melt 1 cup of unsalted butter and dip 4-6 tilapia fillets in it. Coat the buttery fish with the seasoning mix. Place the fillets in the hot skilled and fry them 2 minutes per side. It is not a good idea to use anything else than a real cast iron skillet when making blackened tilapia since other types of skillets and frying pans might not be able to handle the high heat that is required.