Restaurant-Style Tilapia with Creamy Rutabaga & Mustard Greens | Easy Budget Meal!

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Prepare all ingredients for the dish, including tilapia fillets, rutabaga, mustard greens, shallots, cream, butter, lemon, and seasonings.

Cook bacon in a pan to add smoky flavor for the greens.

Add shallots to the pan with the bacon and sweat until translucent.

Add mustard greens to the pan and toss them around like a stir fry until they cook down.

Season the greens with salt and pepper while cooking and taste to adjust seasoning.

Heat a separate pan with oil until very hot for searing the tilapia.

Place the tilapia fillets in the hot pan and cook most of the way on one side to achieve a nice sear.

Turn the tilapia over once it has a nice brown color, then add butter to the pan.

Squeeze lemon juice into the pan and baste the fish with the lemon butter sauce as it cooks.

Boil rutabaga in water until soft, then transfer to a food processor.

Add heavy cream, butter, and seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic pepper, onion powder, and chili peppers) to the food processor with the rutabaga and puree until smooth.

Plate the rutabaga puree as the base, add the cooked mustard greens on top, and place the seared tilapia over the greens.

Taste the rutabaga puree and adjust seasonings as necessary before serving.

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