Blackened Tilapia

I like fish but never liked to make it much at home because of the smell.  Several years ago I had a friend of mine who is a Chef come do a class on seafood.  Chad change all our minds on fish!  We were all in amazement on the simplicity of cooking fish.

We told him about hating the smell (pretty much all of us) and he said fresh fish should never smell.  So always buy from the butcher even though they are usually frozen too these days... they are just flash frozen!  A big difference!

 If you go to places like Central Market or Trader Joes (we will be getting one soon) you have more fresh fish options and your local market might fly in fish too.

Tilapia and Cod both have mild fish flavors so usually they don't have that fishy taste to it which is what I prefer. 

Chad told us just to put the seasoning on one side so that it didn't over power the fish and you could still taste the nice butter flavor.. He was right it only needs seasoning on one side!  Delicious!

This cooks in 8 minutes!  You could start your rice and veggie before you make this and by the time you finish the fish your dinner is done!

Tilapia ( or you could use cod)

Butter (about 1/4 cup depending on how many you are making)

Blackened seasoning

In a shallow dish melt butter then dip each piece of fish in butter then sprinkle blackened seasoning on one side of fish only.

Place in heated skillet and cook about 4 minutes on each side until turns white throughout.