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Southwest-style Poached Tilapia is for Dinner.

Southwest-style Poached Tilapia takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Southwest-style Poached Tilapia takes 30 minutes to cook.

Southwest-style Poached Tilapia makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Southwest-style Poached Tilapia are:

Step 1:
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
? green bell pepper, sliced
? red bell pepper, sliced
? medium onion, sliced

Step 2:
15 oz. tomato sauce
10 oz. diced tomatoes with chilies
2 Tbsp. minced fresh cilantro (or 1 Tbsp. ground coriander seed)
?-1/2 tsp ground red cayenne (more if you like it spicier)
? tsp salt
? tsp pepper

Step 3:
16 oz. Tilapia fillets

Here is how you make Southwest-style Poached Tilapia:

Step 1: In a large pan, heat the olive oil and saut? the garlic for about a minute. Add the bell peppers and onion and saut? for about 3 minutes or until the onion begins to change color. Remove vegetables from the pan. Step 2: In the same pan, heat the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes with chilies and the cilantro (or ground coriander) on medium heat. When it comes to a boil/simmer, add the ground red cayenne, salt, and pepper to taste and bring to a full boil for 2 minutes, stirring so as to blend the flavors.Step 3: Remove the pan from the heat and add the fish and vegetables to the tomato sauce. Return to the heat and bring the sauce to the boil again. Reduce the heat and cover. Simmer very gently for about 5-10 minutes, or until the fish is tender. (Test with a fork: if the flesh flakes easily, then it is cooked.)Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning, adding more cayenne if necessary. Number of Servings: 4 servingsServing Size: 4-fillets with sauce and vegetablesNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DAVENOHE.

The nutritional information for Southwest-style Poached Tilapia is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 217.7

• Total Fat: 5.6 g
• Cholesterol: 58.0 mg
• Sodium: 919.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 17.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.6 g
• Protein: 26.1 g