Pan Seared Tilapia With Almond Browned Butter And Snow Peas

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups snow pea pods, trimmed
• 4 (4 -5 ounce) skinless fresh tilapia fillets
• sea salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup almonds, coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, snipped

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, bring lightly salted water to boil.
• 2 add pea pods. cook for 2 minutes. drain and set aside.
• 3 meanwhile, season fish with salt and pepper on one side; sprinkle with flour.
• 4 heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• 5 when the pan is hot (a drop of water should sizzle or roll) remove from heat and add olive oil, tilting pan to coat with oil.
• 6 return pan to heat and add fish (if necessary, cook fish half at a time).
• 7 cook fish for 4 to 5 minutes or until it is easy to remove with spatula.
• 8 gently turn fish and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• 9 arrange peas on a serving platter; arrange fish on top of peas.
• 10 reduce heat to medium.
• 11 add butter to skillet. when butter begins to melt, stir in almonds.
• 12 cook for 30 to 60 seconds or until butter is melted and nuts are lightly toasted (do not let butter burn).
• 13 spoon butter mixture over fish fillets.
• 14 sprinkle with parsley.