Peanut-crusted Tilapia With Frizzled Ginger & Scallions

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup scallion, cut lengthwise into fine matchsticks
• 1/4 cup fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks
• kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup salted peanuts, finely chopped
• 2 skinless tilapia fillets
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a 10-12 inch non-stick skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat until hot.
• 2 add the scallions and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until they are just golden, with some green still visible on the scallions, 2 to 4 minutes.
• 3 remove the skillet from the heat, and with a slotted spoon, transfer the vegetables to paper towels to drain, (leave oil in the skillet).
• 4 toss the ginger and scallions lightly with salt.
• 5 line up three wide, shallow dishes. put the flour in the first; beat the egg in the second; put the chopped peanuts in the third.
• 6 season the tilapia fillets lightly with salt.
• 7 dredge one fillet in the flour shaking off the excess. dip the fillet in the egg, then coat it with peanuts. set aside on a plate.
• 8 repeat previous step with the second fillet.
• 9 reheat the oil in the skillet over medium-high heat.
• 10 add the tilapia fillets and cook until golden on each side and the flesh is opaque and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes on each side, (reduce heat if they brown too fast).
• 11 put the tilapia on dinner plates, and sprinkle with pepper to taste, and top with the frizzled vegetables , and serve immediately.