Pecan Crusted Tilapia Recipe

Ingredients

1lb tilapia filets
1 cup pecan (whole or chopped)
1/8 teaspoon cardamom
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ black pepper
½ lemon
2 tablespoon butter
vegetable oil for frying

Orange rum glaze:
1 tablespoon butter
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tablespoons of honey
1 orange (1/2 for juice)
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 tablespoon of dark rum

In a food processor add pecans, cardamom, nutmeg, garlic powder, salt, black pepper and pulse together until pecans are fine. Place pecan mixture in a shallow dish. Melt butter, squeeze juice of half lemon, and mix. Brush tilapia filets with lemon butter mixture on both sides. Coat with pecans. Warm frying pan to medium heat and add vegetable oil to cover the bottom. Fry tilapia one at a time, cleaning out the pecan pieces after each filets. Fry 5 minutes on each side. You can also bake the filets instead of frying. Bake foe 20 minutes @350F.

Orange Rum Glaze
Melt butter in a sauté pan on low to medium heat. Sautee garlic for a few minutes, but do not brown garlic. Add honey, orange zest, orange juice. Mix together and add rum (mixture will bubble because of the alcohol content). Simmer for 5 minutes to allow alcohol to cook out. Remove from heat and serve over tilapia.