Mango-licious Tilapia

This mango-licious tilapia recipe features mango salsa over tilapia. Serve tilapia over brown rice. The salsa is great as a dip or on cottage cheese, too.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 319 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 lime, zested and juiced
• crushed red pepper flakes to taste
• 1 mango - peeled, seeded and diced
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• 4 tilapia fillets
• 3 roma tomatoes - peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 0.25 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 0.25 cup fresh orange juice
• 1.5 tablespoons grated orange zest

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine orange juice, olive oil, orange zest, salt, black pepper, and pepper flakes in a shallow baking dish. Rinse and pat dry tilapia fillets; place into the baking dish and turn to coat with orange juice mixture.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until tilapia easily flakes with a fork, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 4

Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, mango, onion, avocado, cilantro, jalapeño, lime zest and juice, ginger, and 1 teaspoon kosher salt in a glass bowl; set aside at room temperature while tilapia cooks. Place fillets on a platter; spoon salsa over top to serve.