Fuss Free 30 Mins start to finish Sheet Pan Baked Blackened Tilapia With Zucchini makes for a healthy & easy dinner! Even picky eaters will lick their plates clean!
Happy Weekend friends! We are back home and Colorado weather has been chilly lately. It’s been snowing on the mountains and last few days I have been wearing woolen leggings! It’s getting cold finally!! If you have been following or if you know me, you know how much I love winters. We played Christmas music (call us weird!) yesterday and it felt so good. With Diwali & Halloween almost next to each other, I am excited for all the celebrations and FOOD.
It’s always about the food, you know! 😛
Now when the weather is so good, who wants to slave in the kitchen?! Not me and probably you feel the same too! So last night I made us a delicious SHEET PAN TILAPIA with zucchini. All it took was cleaning, cutting and then everything else happened on the sheet pan! So basically I had just one pan to wash after our meal! How crazy good does this sound?!
I made my very own Blackened seasoning which took like 5 minutes. Then fish was washed, buttered and then generously coated with this seasoning. I placed cut up zucchini next to the fish and seasoned it with salt & pepper. Then everything is baked for about 14-15 minutes and tada dinner is ready! See told you it is really simple but FULL OF FLAVORS! This blackened seasoning has so much flavor that in my next batch of zucchini I added blackened seasoning instead of salt & pepper and Boom it was divine! Zucchini never tasted better! 😛
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- Blackened Spice Mix:
- 3 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp thyme
- 2 – 3 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp oregano
- Sheet Pan Blackened Tilapia:
- 4 Tilapia fillet, washed and cleaned
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 zucchini, chopped
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Add all the spices in a bowl and mix. Taste and adjust anything if needed as per taste and keep aside.
- Pre heat oven to 400F.
- On a parchment paper lined baking sheet / sheet pan, lay all 4 pieces of tilapia, Brush them with butter on both sides. Now generously rub the seasoning on both the sides of the fish.
- To chopped zucchini add remaining butter, salt and pepper.
- Distribute the zucchini in the empty space around the fish on sheet pan.
- Bake in oven for 7 mins.
- Flip tilapia after 7 minutes and baked for another 7 minutes.
- You will know that fish is cooked as it will turn white inside and will be soft and flaky!
- Enjoy .
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A simple and divine meal! I have to try that spice mix.
The chilly weather does make you sluggish, the look of this chicken does make me want to get cooking. Perfect for autumn.
Sheet pan dinners are the best! Love the looks of this tilapia!
Sheet pan dinners are the best! Love the looks of this tilapia!
Did you mean 3 tsp paprika as opposed to 3 tablespoons? I made it this evening and whew, it brought the heat and I love heat, but it was almost a little much for me. Flavor was delicious though!
Ohh sorry about that!! FIXED THAT!! Glad that you enjoyed it though 🙂
Delicious. Wonderful flavor.
Made this tonight as I had a craving for fish! I used haddock as that’s what I had. Followed recipe exactly (almost) and it was delicious! I love smoked paprika so used that but it was too overpowering, should have stuck with regular as per recipe. I didn’t have zucchini but will definitely add that next time. A definite winner!