Tilapia with Strawberry-Thyme Sauce Recipe

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Tilapia with Strawberry-Thyme Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1 cup quartered fresh strawberries
1/2 cup white wine
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 fresh thyme sprig
1/2 teaspoon sea salt, divided
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 tilapia fillets (4 ounces each)
1 tablespoon olive oil
Crumbled blue cheese and cooked bacon, optional

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the strawberries, wine, sugar, lemon juice, thyme sprig and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until slightly thickened. Discard thyme sprig.
Combine the flour, pepper and remaining salt; sprinkle over tilapia. In a large skillet, cook fillets in oil over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve with strawberry sauce and sprinkle with blue cheese and bacon if desired. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 fillet with 1/4 cup sauce (calculated without blue cheese and bacon) equals 221 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 55 mg cholesterol, 337 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 22 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Tilapia with Strawberry-Thyme Sauce in Fresh Home Spring 2010