Nutrition
Home-made grilled tilapia
Ingredients
-5-medium-sized tilapia descaled and entrails removed
– 1 lemon or lime to wash the fish
– 3 large onions
– Salt to taste
– 3 cloves of garlic
-3 tablespoonful of vegetable oil
-5 ginger cubes
– Scotch bonnets
Preparation
-Clean tilapia with water mixed with lemon or lime juice
-Score the fish twice on each side
-Blend all the ingredients for the marinade
-Spread the marinade all over the fish making sure it gets to every part of it
-Leave to marinate for at least two hours (ideally this can be done overnight in the fridge)
-Using a brush or a small piece of paper towel, brush the fish grill baskets with some oil. Brush the grill with some oil as well.
-Place the fish into the grill baskets and make sure they are secured
-Leave to room temperature and grill with moderate heat
-Turn regularly so that the fish cooks evenly. The fish is ready once it flakes off easily and is no longer opaque
-Serve with banku, rice, akple, attieke, fried yam, or kenkey and shito or fresh ground pepper