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Grilled lemon & herb tilapia with avocado salsa

Grilled lemon & herb tilapia with avocado salsa

Great served with a fresh green salad and drizzle a little extra sweet chilli dipping sauce over the fish before serving

  • Preparation: 10 mins
  • Cooking: 15 mins
  • Serves: 4

What you need:

  • 4 whole tilapia, gutted, cleaned and descaled*
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 20g parsley, chopped
  • 2 ripe avocados, diced
  • 3 tomatoes, diced
  • 1 tbsp sweet chilli dipping sauce
  • *ask the fish counter to do this for you

What you do:

  1. Preheat the grill to medium high.
  2. Make 3 slits on each side of the tilapia and place in a grill pan. Mix together the lemon zest and juice, oil and parsley, season and pour over the fish to coat evenly. Grill for 10 minutes, turn the tilapia over and grill for a further 5 minutes or until the flesh is cooked.
  3. Meanwhile, mix the remaining ingredients together and serve the salsa with the grilled tilapia.

Cook's tip:

Swap the lemon juice for the juice of 2 limes and use chopped coriander for a different flavour

Did you know? Tilapia is high in phosphorous, selenium, vitamin B12

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The Fish Company is a unique producer of fresh British farmed tilapia – its three fish farms are located in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Tilapia was launched last year to consumers and is currently being sold in Tesco’s and Morrison’s stores.

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