Butter-Baked Tilapia and Coconut Rice

Name: Butter-Baked Tilapia and Coconut Rice
Total time: 30
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons olive oil, or to taste; 1 cup long-grain rice; 2 cups coconut milk; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 (5 ounce) fillets tilapia; 1 pinch lemon-pepper seasoning, or to taste; 1 stick salted butter

Recipe by Wolf from allrecipes.com

Dinner 30 Mins.

Ingredients

2 servings

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2 teaspoons olive oil, or to taste
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1 cup long-grain rice
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2 cups coconut milk
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salt and ground black pepper to taste

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2 (5 ounce) fillets tilapia
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1 pinch lemon-pepper seasoning, or to taste
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1 stick salted butter

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add rice and cook and stir until toasted, 2 to 3 minutes. Add coconut milk, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, season tilapia fillets with lemon-pepper seasoning on both sides. Place in a glass pan. Break the stick of butter in half and place directly on top of the fillets.
Bake in the preheated oven until butter is fully melted and bubbling, 5 to 7 minutes. Ladle some of the butter back over the fish and reduce the oven temperature to 330 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Bake in the preheated oven until fish looks just about done, 3 to 5 minutes more. Raise the temperature back to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake until the edges start to get golden brown. Serve with rice.