Easy spicy grilled fish recipe with a homemade citrus cole slaw! Healthy and delicious.
Ingredients
For the Fish:
6 (4 ounce each) tilapia fillets
1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 Tablespoon ground cumin
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 lime, juiced
2 Tablespons olive oil
For the Slaw:
1 cup thinly sliced green cabbage
½ cup thinly sliced red cabbage
½ red pepper, diced
½ small red onion, sliced in thin strips
¼ cup fresh basil, chopped
2 Tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
1 large orange, peeled and sectioned
1 Tablespoon olive oil
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
For the Slaw, mix everything in a large bowl. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
For the fish, mix chili powder, garlic salt, salt, cumin and cayenne in a small bowl. Add juice of one lime and mix thoroughly.
Heat grill pan on medium-high heat with olive oil in pan. Brush both sides of fish with seasoning. Grill 5 minutes on each side, or until flakes with a fork.
To serve: lay grilled fish on a plate and top with a heaping serving of citrus slaw. ENJOY.
**you can also warm up flour tortilla and place fish and slaw inside, eat and enjoy!
Notes
Want more spice? Add in more cayenne pepper!
See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks and substitutions.