This white fish is coated with a mixture of chopped macadamia nuts before being broiled.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 (6 ounce) tilapia
- 10 ounces macadamia nuts
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven’s broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Combine macadamia nuts, soy sauce, garlic, hot sauce, brown sugar, olive oil, and black pepper in a food processor; blend until the mixture is the consistency of paste.
- Spoon a thick layer of the macadamia mixture on top of each tilapia fillet. Place the fish macadamia mixture-side up on the prepared baking sheet. Under the broiler, cook fish until the macadamia crust is golden brown and the tilapia flakes easily, about 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 719 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 14 g |
| Cholesterol | 62 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 41 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 336 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 59 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
5 stars for taste. 1 star for directions to broil. You will have charcoal fish if you broil 15 minutes. As one reviewer said, bake at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes, depending on thickness of fish, then stick under broiler to crisp the top. Delicious!
The flavor of the crust goes excellent with flakey mild tasting fish. I think it would be too much with Salmon or Tuna. I’ve used Swai, Snapper and sea bass instead of Tilapia. I’m with the others…bake for 15 min/broil for 3 to 5 till golden brown. Served it with steam broccoli & roasted sweet potato. Mmmm!
Okay, but not flavorful enough.
This was amazing! It has a bit of a kick so my 4 year old wasn’t a fan, but everything is “spicy” to her. I did as others suggested and baked it. Put it in my toaster oven on convection setting and 400 degrees for 12 min and it was perfect!!! My husband said this is one of his top five favorite recipes!
Loved it! Low in Carbs, very filling, and DELICIOUS!!! I used Sriracha for the hot sauce.
Excellent Recipe! Everyone cleaned their plates. Will make again and again. Followed recipe as is. Served with rice pilaf and steamed broccoli.
One of my fav, if not my fav! Have made it, shared it, and made it again and again!
Excellent recipe, but I agree with the others. I cooked it at 400 for 10 minutes. You only need to turn it on broil for the last minute or two. I served it with ginger jasmine and wild rice, which complimented it nicely.
great recipe only with the sauce i mixed in a little soy sauce with the mayo, honey, and sweetened condensed milk to lesson the super sweet taste to it. It helped to balance it out a little. My fiance hates honey walnut shrimp, and he LOVED this!
I would’ve loved the flavors in the nut mixture for the tilipia, if I had NOT broiled it and caused all the topping to burn right away. I was soooo disapointed. Bake this recipe, do NOT broil. That is, unless you know a way to broil fish that doesn’t burn up right away that is. I personally know not how to broil anything other than toast w?o burning.
So tasty and SO easy!!! I used rockfish because it was on sale, and also doubled the garlic. I baked for 20 minutes @ 400 degrees instead of broiling because my broiler burns stuff, but still came out nice and crunchy on top! mmmmm mmmmm
My husband’s on a low carb diet so I’ve been trying to find new recipes. This was definitely a hit! I omitted the brown sugar (for obvious reasons) and seasoned the tilapia with salt and pepper. He loved it!!
I baked the fish at 350 for 15 minutes and broiled it for a minute. It would have burned otherwise. The topping is delicious! I normally need a lot of sauce with my fish but I skimped on the macadamia nuts and it still came out great. I will make this again.
This was really good! I followed the advice of others and baked it at 400 degrees for 10 minutes and then broiled it for 2 minutes under the broiler to crisp up the crust a little. I also reduced the amount of Macadamia nuts to about 5 ounces, but I may reduce it even further the next time because I really couldn’t taste much of the other ingredients. My husband suggested adding more hot sauce next time, but he really likes things spicy!
Excellent recipe! The crust mixture is quite thick, so I added about 1 tsp of additional olive oil and 1 tsp of extra soy sauce. As was recommended by other users, I baked it at 400 for about 10 minutes, then turned on the broiler just to brown the crust. I will definitely make this again!
I made this using pecans instead of macadamia nuts. I’ve eaten pecan crusted tilapia at a restaurant and it was wonderful. This recipe may have been better without the hot sauce….that’s what killed it!
Very delicious!
Super yummy!! I used a little extra hot sauce & garlic, and cut back on the pepper. I also baked the Tilapia for 7 mins. w/out the Macadamia nut past, and then spread it on for the remaining 7 mins of baking time. My husband said that it was EXCELLENT! And that doesn’t come easy from him! This will defiantly be made again and again at our house!
This has been added to the regular rotation. I followed everything to the letter except I added about 1/4tsp of curry. I also baked it for 6 minutes at 400 and broiled it for an additional 2 minutes on low. The fish was just a touch overdone, but I think it’s because I overcooked it while defrosting it. Otherwise, it would have been perfect. I served with Garlic couscous and egg drop soup (with curry). DELISH!
I made this last night following the suggestions to bake at 400 degrees. I followed the ingredients blend exactly. It was absolutely delicious! DH even asked for another piece, something that he seldom does with fish. Thank you for a wonderful recipe that will remain on our list!
I just made this recipe today and it was very tasty. I will definitely make it again. I don’t think anything will stand 15 minutes in the broiler unless it’s made of steel. I of coursed followed everybody’s suggestion and baked it for about 10 minutes at 400 degrees until the topping was golden brown.