Thousand Island Tilapia

Okay, so you know Parmesan Chicken? You know, the chicken covered with mayo, Parmesan, Italian seasoning, and bread crumbs and baked to yummy goodness? Well, one time last semester, I was making it and had extra Parmesan/mayo mix left and I was looking through my fridge thinking, "What else can I use?" Then I saw the tilapia fillet in the freezer and threw that in with the rest of the chicken in the oven.

Tasted great, but that's not what I'm trying to get to. I started to think, "What if I tried a different sauce/mix that wasn't mayonnaise based?" Once again, I'm staring at everything in the fridge and the Thousand Island dressing catches my eye. Dare I...?

The first time I did it, last semester, was in the oven. When I was doing it today, I didn't feel very patient for the oven (it's finals week, did I mention that? O_O), so I tried to microwave it. It wasn't the first time for me to microwave tilapia, but it was for Thousand Island. My advice: If you want to try doing this in the microwave, pour the Thousand Island in the last 15-30 seconds or else your plate is going to look like this:

Thousand Island Tilapia


prep time: 2 minutes
cook time: 20 minutes

any desired amount of tilapia fillet

1/3 cup Thousand Island dressing for each fillet

Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Have your packaged fillets run under lukewarm water, just enough to make it easy for you to take them out of the packaging. Or if you have time, let them thaw properly. Place fillets on a baking sheet and cover them with the dressing. Bake for about 20 minutes or until you fillets are ready. You can tell this by sticking a fork in there to test if they flake by twisting it a bit.