Ginger-Glazed Tilapia

Do you ever pretend you're on a cooking show while you're cooking? C'mon, I know you do. Maybe you don't narrate every single step as you go, but surely there's some commentary going on. I know I talk to myself all the time when I cook! When I was little, I would narrate how to make a bacon sandwich (yeah, I was that kid. No lettuce or tomatoes for me!) while I was making it. 

Even now, I tend to talk to my food. Especially when coming out of the oven. I've definitely said "Hello, gorgeous" to many a dessert - complimented food tastes better, you know! But once the food is out of the oven, I tend to just enjoy it. Which, as a pretend cooking show host, is a no-no. You're supposed to gush about how good the food is and all the yummy flavors.

This fish changed that. It was sort of a flurried evening - I had friends coming over to watch tv, so I was trying to make an apple pie and fix my dinner with very little time to spare. I just threw together this fish and some sauteed veggies, then set it aside to get my pie in motion. When I finally had a few minutes of downtime, I planned to just finish it quickly and then get back to my pie to *hopefully* get it into the oven before people arrived.

I sit down with my dinner, take the first bite, and say (yes, out loud!) "This is so good!". Alone, in my apartment. Yeah, I'm kind of weird. But it was delicious! So good it made me stop and think and enjoy my food. And I enjoyed it so much that I was still peeling apples when my friends arrived. Oops.

Moral of the story: if you like seafood, make this! Also, note the massive amounts of glaze on my filet. You don't have to use that much. I'm just addicted. Serve with veggies and over rice!
 

Ginger-Glazed Tilapia

Adapted from: All Recipes

Serves 1

Ingredients

• 1 tilapia fillet
• Salt and pepper
• 1 T. honey
• 1 T. soy sauce
• 1 T. balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 T. minced garlic
• 1/2 t. ginger powder
• 1 t. olive oil
• 1 t. vegetable oil

Recipe

In a cake pan or other small baking dish, whisk together honey, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger, and olive oil.
Coat fillets with salt and pepper, then put in baking dish with marinade. Put baking dish in the fridge to allow fish to marinate for 20 minutes.
Heat up vegetable oil in a pan to medium heat.
Put fish in pan and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until the sides are browned and the fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove from pan.
Pour the remaining marinade into the pan and bring to a boil. Cook for several minutes until glaze thickens. Pour glaze over fish. Serve immediately.

Thanks for reading and happy cooking!