Air Fryer Tilapia
Description
Air Fryer Tilapia -Tilapia is a tasty, quick, and delicious seafood made right in your air fryer. This recipe is fantastic. A simple flavoring, but it is full of flavor! An Ideal weeknight supper your whole family will adore!
Ingredients
Pesto Sauce:
- 1/4 cup lemon balm leaves
- 1/4 cup basil leaves
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 1 large lemon , juiced
- 1/2 ciup grapeseed oil
- 6 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon minced shallot
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Tilapia Ingredients:
- 4 6 ounce tilapia fillets
- 4 tablespoons butter, unsalted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Serve with lemon wedges
Instructions
- Prepare lemon balm pesto. Roughly chop lemon balm and basil leaves and place them into a food processor. Add garlic cloves, minced shallot, parmesan, pinenuts, and lemon juice. Puree into a paste, then add grapeseed oil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Puree 15 to 20 seconds more
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F for five minutes.
- Season tilapia with a pinch of salt and pepper. Add a slice of butter on top of each filet.
- Spray your air fryer basket with cooking spray.
- Place tilapia fillets into the air fryer basket and cook for 5 minutes. Flip tilapia over, add a dollop of pesto on top of each filet and cook for 5 more minutes.
- Serve tilapia with pesto and garnish with lemon wedges.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Notes
Make sure to check the tilapia as it goes to make sure you don't overcook it!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 182kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 5gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 934mgPotassium: 126mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 556IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 145mgIron: 1mg