Asian Flare Tilapia

Tonight I decided to make tilapia with an Asian flare. I had made tilapia many times on the grill and served it with mango salsa. Tonight, I wanted to try pan searing it and having a lovely sauce to go with it. I had already had a creative flare at lunch and was really trying to think of a simple, yet delicious sauce. So this is what I came up with:

I started with the sauce:

1/4 of pineapple, sliced and diced
1 tablespoon of grated fresh ginger
fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 cup of chopped cilantro
1 mango, sliced and diced
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1-2 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce

I started out by peeling and grating the ginger. I have never used fresh ginger root before, so I Googled how to peel and grate it and I found a fantastic website that helped me out: http://www.wikihow.com/Grate-Ginger. I would have never thought to use a spoon to peel the root, but it worked like magic!

I peeled a mango and sliced it and put a few (about 3 good size or 4-5 smaller size) in a bowl. The rest, I diced. I also bought fresh pineapple already cut (there were about 6 wedges in the package) so, I diced three wedges, again keeping about 4-5 bits in the bowl with the sliced mango. I added the diced mangoes and pineapples together to use as garnish later and put those back in the fridge.

I put the grated ginger, sugar, chopped cilantro (which happens to be my FAVORITE herb of all time!!) in a small bowl.

To a medium pan, I added the olive oil and once heated, I added the mango and pineapple, a dash of salt,  black pepper and juice out of half an orange.  I cooked them for just a few minutes, then I added the ginger, sugar, cilantro and soy sauce. I cooked the sauce until it was cooked down. It looked like shit but tasted awesome! I have got to figure out how to make a sauce with fruit.

The Fish:

Tilapia
1 tbs of olive oil
1 tbs butter
salt
pepper
garlic powder
lemon

I pan seared the tilapia in a tablespoon of butter and oil. I seasoned the fish with salt, pepper and a tiny bit of garlic powder. I also squeezed half a lemon on the fish after it had been cooking about 5 minutes.

Ginger-sesame Jasmine Rice:

1 1/2 cups water
1 cup jasmine rice
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
1 tablespoon mince garlic
1 tablespoon sesame seed
2 tsp fresh grated ginger
salt
pepper

I made a ginger-sesame seed jasmine rice. I added one tablespoon of butter and sesame oil to a pan and sauteed 1 tablespoon of sesame seed and 1 tablespoon of garlic for about 3 minutes. I then the grated ginger. While I was doing that, I brought 1 1/2 cups of water to boil and added 1 cup of jasmine rice. The rice cooked for 15 minutes. After cooking, I added the sesame, ginger and garlic and mixed well. I garnished the rice with the diced mangoes and pineapples.


Sauteed green beans w/ almonds

French style green beans (I only had frozen, but I would prefer fresh) Ever how much your family will eat.
1 tbs olive oil
almond slices to taste
salt
pepper
garlic powder

I also sauteed some french style green beans and sliced almonds in about a tablespoon of olive oil. I seasoned it with salt, pepper and garlic powder. It doesn't take long for these to cook and they are always a BIG hit with Baby Girl!

It was a yummy dish. Everyone really enjoyed it. I was only disappointed in the sauce. It was not sauce like at all. It was mush, but still very, very tasty. This is definitely on my make again list.

This is a healthy dish that is totally in my 500 calorie meal.