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Grilled Whole Tilapia Recipe
Serves/Makes: 1 whole tilapia fish for each person
Ingredients:
- 1 whole tilapia fish for each person
- 1 onion
- 1 sweet green pepper or bell pepper
- 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- Red pepper flakes and/or cayenne pepper
- Salt
How to cook:
- Chop the onion into fine pieces.
- Chop the sweet green pepper or bell pepper into fine pieces.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemon into a bowl.
- Add onion, sweet green pepper or bell pepper, vinegar, oil, red pepper flakes and/or cayenne pepper and salt to the bawl.
- Stir until the ingredients are well mixed.
- Clean the tilapia if necessary.
- Cut three slits across the tilapia on both sides.
- Rub the mixture onto the tilapia and make sure a lot of mixture enters through the slits. If you have time, you can let the tilapia marinate in the bowl for 30-60 minutes.
- Grill the whole tilapia over a charcoal fire or broil it in the oven. Turn the tilapia over one or two times when you cook it to make it evenly grilled.
Notes:
Tilapia is often cooked as fillets, but this easy to follow recipe will teach you how to make delicious whole tilapia over a charcoal fire. If you do not have a charcoal grill you can broil whole tilapia in the oven.
This recipe for Grilled Whole Tilapia serves/makes: 1 whole tilapia fish for each person
Main Ingredient: Tilapia
Preparation Method: Broiled/Grilled