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Baked Whole Stuffed Tilapia

Course Main Dish
Servings 4 People

Ingredients

  • 2 pcs Coleson's Catch Whole Gutted and Scaled Tilapia 1 lb. each thawed
  • 1/4 c Oyster Sauce (look for Vegetarian Oyster Sauce if desired)
  • 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Black Pepper ground
  • 1 c water
  • 2 Tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 2 Onions chopped
  • 3/4 c Carrots chopped
  • 1/2 c potatoes chopped
  • 1/2 c green peas frozen
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper seeded & chopped
  • 1/3 c raisins if desired
  • 1in pc chicken boullion cube dissolved in a little warm water
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • Flour enough to coat fish, if it is to be fried
  • 2 cooking oil for frying
  • aluminum foil

Instructions

  • Prepare the Tilapia: Remove remaining gills. (The fish is already cleaned of guts and scales.)
  • Lightly pound the body with a mallet or back of a knife to loosen the flesh.
  • Press the fish down with one hand. Hold the tail with the other hand & jerk upward to break the bone.
  • Gently insert a thin spatula or dull knife in between the skin and the flesh to loosen up the flesh.
  • Remove the flesh, taking care not to puncture the skin.
  • Combine Oyster Sauce with the lemon juice, salt and pepper. Marinate the fish skin in this mixture for 30 minutes.
  • Bring the water to a boil. Add the fish meat and cook until it turns white. Drain and remove the bones.
  • Heat oil in a wok & add the onions, carrots, potatoes, green peas, bell pepper and raisins.
  • Add in the fish meat, dissolved bouillon cube, Oyster Sauce and the mixture used to marinate the fish.
  • Cook for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
  • Mix in beaten egg & stuff the finished stuffing mix into the fish until it reaches the neck. 
  • To Bake:
  • Wrap the fish in aluminum foil.
  • Place on a rack set over a baking sheet and bake at 325°F for 45 minutes.
  • Serve warm with steamed or brown rice.
  • Or, to Fry:
  • Carefully, dredge both sides of the fish in flour.  Fry in hot oil until fish turns golden.
  • Drain excess oil in paper towels.
  • Serve hot with steamed white or brown rice.