recipe: honey ginger tilapia

tilapia was on tap for tonight. the boy got wind of a sweet lobster sale at price chopper so he left to get that and it turned into tilapia for one (i'm not a lobster fan and will not partake... texture issues). rather than doing the garlic-lemon variety we usually have i decided to spice it up. i had seen this Honey-Ginger Chicken Breast recipe at For The Love of Cooking and gave the marinade a whirl on the fish.


i scaled it back for 1 serving, but this is the standard recipe for 4:

ingredients list:
- 1/3 cup of honey
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 4 pieces tilapia (or chicken)


to make:
mix first nine ingredients. marinate the fish in a zip lock for 15-30 minutes. reserve marinade. bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 15 minutes (or until fish is flakey when cut with a fork). if you want a little extra sauce to serve it with, while fish is baking heat remaining marinade in small sauce pan, mixing in the 1 tsp cornstarch. heat marinade thoroughly (stirring frequently), then serve it up.


this wasn't bad. tilapia can be really boring (esp when you're trying to prep it healthy), but this had a nice pep to it. the only time i've ever been wowed by tilapia i was out and had it served sauteed (or fried?) in a tequila lime batter with mango salsa. this wasn't quite that, but i would make it again. the hardest part was just pulling all the damn jars out of the cabinet to mix this up. 5.5 stars overall *****~.