Name: Pan-Seared Tilapia
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 (4 ounce) tilapia fillets; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 0.5 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste; 1 teaspoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, or to taste; 0.5 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme, or to taste

Ingredients

4 serv.

4 (4 ounce) tilapia fillets
salt and ground black pepper to taste
0.5 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste
1 teaspoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, or to taste
0.5 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme, or to taste

Instructions

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1 Gather the ingredients.
2 Rinse tilapia fillets in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Season both sides of each fillet with salt and pepper.
3 Place flour in a shallow dish. Gently press each fillet into the flour to coat and shake off any excess.
4 Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook tilapia fillets in the hot oil, in batches if necessary, until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 4 minutes per side.
5 Brush melted butter onto the tilapia fillets in the last minute before removing from the skillet. Drizzle fillets with lemon juice and garnish with parsley and thyme.