Tomato Walnut Tilapia

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield 4 servings

Tomato, bread crumbs and crunchy walnuts dress up pan tilapia fillets in this favorite recipe. I serve it with cooked julienne carrots and green beans. —Phyl Broich-Wessling, Garner, Iowa

Ingredients

4 tilapia fillets (4 ounces each)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
TOPPING:
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1-1/2 teaspoons butter, melted

Directions

Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook fillets in butter over medium-high heat until lightly browned, 2-3 minutes on each side.
Transfer fish to a broiler pan or baking sheet; top with tomato. Combine topping ingredients; spoon over tomato slices.
Broil 3-4 in. from the heat until topping is lightly browned and fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 2-3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

1 fillet: 202 calories, 10g fat (4g saturated fat), 67mg cholesterol, 251mg sodium, 6g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 23g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 fat, 1/2 starch.

Tomato, bread crumbs and crunchy walnuts dress up pan tilapia fillets in this favorite recipe. I serve it with cooked julienne carrots and green beans. —Phyl Broich-Wessling, Garner, Iowa

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