World's Best Baked Lemon Garlic Pepper Tilapia Recipe: Easy Lemon Garlic Pepper Tilapia

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while adding flavor.

tilapia fillets

🥗Healthier: cod fillets

💰Cheaper: pollock fillets

Cod is a lean alternative, while pollock is often less expensive.

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Season both sides of the tilapia fillets with salt, black pepper, and parsley flakes.

Place tilapia fillets in a large baking pan, skin-side down.

Rub one side of the tilapia with melted butter and lemon juice.

Sprinkle minced garlic on each piece of fish.

Turn the tilapia over gently to avoid breaking it.

Drizzle melted butter on the other side of the fish.

Add lemon juice, minced garlic, salt, black pepper, and parsley flakes to the second side.

Chop one small onion and add it on top of the fish.

Bake in the preheated oven until done, checking that it does not dry out.

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