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broccoli fish foil kid-friendly main dish packets recipe side dish tilapia veggies

Baked tilapia and veggie foil packets

So even though I typically buy the “same old stuff” when I purchase groceries, I’m always trying to find and think up new ways to make them so it’s not always boring. One of my favorite foods to cook with is tilapia. There are so many different ways to make it! Sautéed, baked, roasted, fried…I have dozens of favorite ways to prepare it. But a few weeks back I discovered a new way, it was quick, easy, fun and my daughter enjoyed helping. Every member of my family loved it, from the baby to the oldest and the husband. SCORE! Family friendly, and the bonus is easy clean up! Even better!

Ingredients:
  • one pound tilapia, thawed if frozen
  • one sheet aluminum foil per tilapia piece
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • seafood or cajun seasoning
  • lemon pepper
  • garlic salt
  • paprika
  • cumin
  • dried oregano
  • dried parsley
  • butter or margarine
  • 2-3 lemons
  • 1-2 heads of broccoli
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1/2 large red bell pepper

Directions:

Start by cutting up the veggies. You don’t want them chopped too big, they won’t cook through properly. If they’re too small they may shrivel up and burn. Cut up your onion, then the bell pepper, then trim just the top broccoli florets off the heads, leaving the stems aside. I divide the veggies evenly into 5-7 bowls depending how many tilapia filets I have.

Thaw out tilapia, pat to dry. Lay out your pieces of aluminum foil. You want them big enough to fit the brocolli and veggies into them, and once folded they have a little room inside for the heat to circulate.

Pour about 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil into your aluminum foil, then put your tilapia filet and roll it into the oil as shown in the pic.

Then you want to start seasoning both sides of your filet. I don’t have precise measuring on this, but I do have a heavy seasoning hand. You can gauge how much seasoning you want, but be careful not to overseason with the garlic salt or creole seasoning.  You don’t want the fish too salty!

Next, I cut up about 2 lemons into slices, and with the third lemon I squeeze a little over the top of the filet.

Then I place 2 of the lemon slices on top of the filet, and then add a few small dabs of butter or margarine.

Last step is to add one of the divided bowls of veggies on top of the filet.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and start wrapping your foil bringing up the short sides first. Make sure it’s wrapped well enough to not allow air in, or let moisture out. Then bring up the long sides and fold them over twice to create a pocket.

Throw all your folded foil packets onto a cookie or baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.

Once done, open the packets pretty quickly, as it will still cook if you leave them folded up.

Carefully scoop out the fish filets and veggies onto your plate and serve.

I usually separate the veggies and fish and serve side by side, it’s great with steamed rice and I reserve most of the liquid and drizzle it over the fish and veggies on the plate. Delish!

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  1. Sandy Nazemi says

    July 25, 2012 at 1:28 am

    I tried this recipe today! It was a big hit. Very easy to make and super easy on the clean up. I served mine with rice as well. Yummy! Great recipe!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      August 28, 2012 at 9:46 pm

      Thank you for the review Sandy! So glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  2. Jaime @ Mom's Test Kitchen says

    October 8, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    This sounds so good & healthy! I’m the same way, I buy so much of the same things & I’m constantly looking for new ways to fix them!
    Thanks for linking up to MTM Mondays!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris Kitchen says

      October 14, 2012 at 2:58 am

      Hi Jaime! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    July 17, 2013 at 1:22 am

    Thanks for this recipe and instructions! I found it by googling “Fish and Broccoli foil packets” and im glad i clicked on this link! No Mess and easy clean up and was really delish!

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      July 17, 2013 at 2:47 am

      Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!!

      Reply
  4. GiftedMama says

    September 28, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    This was exactly what I was looking for. I am not good at guessing how much spice to use so I was a bit worried about that. I just used a little bit of each spice and the result was a moist delicious meal. Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply
  5. GiftedMama says

    September 28, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    This is exactly what I was looking for. I am not good at guessing the amount of seasonings to use so I was worried about that. I just put a little of each and the result was a moist and tasty meal. Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    October 5, 2013 at 2:25 am

    This is a must try recipe I love it and have made it many times

    Reply
    • Mama Harris says

      October 5, 2013 at 2:58 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  7. sandra Sousa says

    June 4, 2014 at 6:00 am

    Hello
    Just wondering do u melt the before before u put it on? And what do u think of drizzling over the veggies? Does the veggies have enough seasoning? Thanks for your help!

    Reply
    • MamaHarris says

      June 4, 2014 at 9:15 am

      you can melt it if you like, but it will melt during the cooking process. There’s definitely enough seasoning, but you can customize it too to suit your tastes. 🙂

      Reply

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