Thai Sweet Chili Tilapia
Thai Sweet Chili Tilapia is a good, lean protein dish that is super easy to make. You can make it with just a few ingredients if you want, or you can do our reduced calorie sweet chili sauce and make it healthier. For the easy version, you will just buy some premade Thai sweet chili sauce which has more calories and sugar.
Thai Sweet Chili Tilapia
The easy way entails just buying a bottle of Thai sweet chili sauce. It's got a little spice in it but really maybe only a 1 out of 5, very little really. If you need to see what it looks like store bought Thai sweet chili sauce, here is a link. To make a reduced calorie version, you can simply follow our recipe which only takes a few more ingredients. It saves you unnecessary sugar and sodium which are too high in most of our diets anyway.
Ingredients:
- 2 tilapia fillets
- 1 cup reduced calorie Thai sweet chili sauce
- 1 bundle of cilantro
- 1 lemon
Instructions:
- Finely chop ½ the cilantro and mix it with the sweet chili sauce.
- Place the sweet chili sauce and tilapia in a bowl or ziplock type bag to marinate at least 30 minutes but preferably overnight in the refrigerator.
- Heat an oven on bake to 400 degrees.
- Place the tilapia on a cookie sheet with a little olive oil for about 15 minutes or until flaky and cooked through.
- Garnish the fish with the rest of the cilantro, sprinkle with lemon juice and serve.
Printable Recipe
- 2 tilapia fillets
- 1 cup reduced calorie Thai sweet chili sauce
- 1 bundle of cilantro
- 1 lemon
- Finely chop ½ the cilantro and mix it with the sweet chili sauce.
- Place the sweet chili sauce and tilapia in a bowl or ziplock type bag to marinate at least 30 minutes but preferably overnight in the refrigerator.
- Heat an oven on bake to 400 degrees.
- Place the tilapia on a cookie sheet with a little olive oil for about 15 minutes or until flaky and cooked through.
- Garnish the fish and sprinkle with lemon juice and serve.
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