Caribbean Mango Tilapia

Happy Monday! I have a somewhat spicy recipe to warm up these fall nights we have been having in the Pacific NW. I got this from Cooking Light Cookbook, and it is one of my new favorite recipes. The flavors are so unique, and it is not every day that we get to have mangoes from Brazil( !!!!) in our neck of the woods, so we have to take advantage of that.


I bought the mangoes at Winco and the Tilapia at Costco- as always, a terrific buy.
Enjoy!

Ingredients
4 serrano chiles, peeled ( you can find them at Winco)
3 garlic cloves, peeled
2 cups chopped peeled mango
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
2 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
4 (6oz) of Tilapia fillets

Directions
Combine the first three ingredients in a food processor, process until minced. Add mango and next 5 ingredients, process until smooth. Place mango mixture in a big zip-lock bag, add the Tilapia to the bag and let it marinate in juices for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. I served this recipe with rice and steamed broccoli, so I started cooking the broccoli at that time. Turn your oven on to Broil, so you have plenty of time for the oven to heat up.

Remove fish from bag, saving the marinade for later. Place fish in a broiler pan, cook about 4 minutes each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
In a separate pan, add marinade and heat up over medium heat, cooking for 5 minutes. You will be able to smell the heat- I am not joking ;)

Once fish is cooked, pour marinade over fish and serve with rice and broccoli. I am happy to report that there were no leftovers from this meal :) Each serving comes in at 263 calories, 6g of fat and 19g of carb.

Beijos
Tomorrow's recipe: Braised Cuban Beef