Battered Fried Tilapia with a Spicy Grape Sauce

Delicious fish, plus an elegant sauce — this dish is fit for royalty! Homestyle spicy battered tilapia, from a well-known chef's recipe, comes paired with a fragrant, richly flavored grape sauce. Ever had anything like it? Then it's off to the kitchen — time to cook and taste.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 33 % 13 g
Fats 33 % 13 g
Carbohydrates 33 % 13 g
215 kcal
GI: 15 / 0 / 85

Cooking method

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Cut the fish into serving-size pieces.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Transfer them to a bowl with room to spare for the marinade.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Add the water mixed with vinegar, plus salt and white pepper, and stir.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Pour the yolks into a bowl for the batter.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Add water.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Sift in flour to the consistency of sour cream and stir.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Sift the remaining flour into a shallow dish for dredging the fish.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Chop the herbs.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Stir the herbs into the batter. Season with salt and pepper to taste. The green batter is ready.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Cut the grapes in half.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Remove the seeds.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Chop the chili and the pickled jalapeño.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Add the peppers to a skillet with oil.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Add the soy sauce.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Add the sugar.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Add the Tabasco.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Add the grapes to the pan. Cook the sauce, stirring now and then, until slightly thickened.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Pour the oil for the fish into a second skillet.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Lay the fish on a paper towel and pat it dry.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20

    Transfer it to the flour and dredge.

  21. Step 21:

    Step 21

    Using a fork, dip the fish in the batter and lay it in the pan.

  22. Step 22:

    Step 22

    The sauce is almost done.

  23. Step 23:

    Step 23

    Flip the fish once one side of the batter has browned.

  24. Step 24:

    Step 24

    Spoon the sauce onto a serving plate.

  25. Step 25:

    Step 25

    Arrange the grapes in a ring.

  26. Step 26:

    Step 26

    Transfer the finished fish to a paper towel.

  27. Step 27:

    Step 27

    Lay the fish out in a ring as well.

  28. Step 28:

    Step 28

    Symmetrical and with love.

  29. Step 29:

    Step 29

    So it looks beautiful.

  30. Step 30:

    Step 30

    Garnish with lemon and fresh herbs.

  • Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Grapes - 65  kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45  kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Wine vinegar (3%) - 9  kcal/100g
  • Vinegar 9% - 11  kcal/100g
  • Balsamic vinegar - 88  kcal/100g
  • Apple vinegar - 14  kcal/100g
  • Vinegar - 11  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Hot capsicum - 40  kcal/100g
  • Green onion - 19  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Sunflower oil - 898  kcal/100g
  • Refined sunflower oil - 899  kcal/100g
  • Egg yolks - 352  kcal/100g
  • Chili pepper - 40  kcal/100g
  • White pepper - 0  kcal/100g
  • Tabasco sauce - 12  kcal/100g
  • Tilapia - 103  kcal/100g

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