Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Tilapia
Monday, 31 January 2011
Remember when I made super easy garlic compound butter? The last leftovers of it turned into the simplest slow cooker meal yet: place garlic butter on tilapia, wrap in aluminum foil, cook. You can also use the same method in the oven, but it was nice to put it in the slow cooker and walk away for a couple of hours to get some chores done. It also doesn’t heat up the house as much, although that’s not such a concern at this point in the year.
This dish only needs a couple of hours to cook, so it’s not something to leave all day. It is a great slow cooker meal if you’re home a couple of hours before dinner but want something easy, or if you’re home with your kids and need your hands free. The fish came out flaky and moist, and was a healthy and filling meal along with steamed broccoli and brown rice.
Recipe:
Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Tilapia
Serves 3-4
- 4 tilapia fillets
- 2 T garlic compound butter, chopped into small pieces*
- Salt and pepper to taste
Pull out a large sheet of aluminum foil. Place fillets in the middle (I had to stack mine to make it fit in my slow cooker), generously salt and pepper, and evenly divide butter pieces over fillets. Wrap foil around fish, sealing all sides, and cook on high for 2 hours.
*Or mix 2 T butter with 2 minced cloves of garlic and 2 t of chopped parsley.
No. 1 — January 31st, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Beautiful and simple like mine…short n yum…
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No. 2 — January 31st, 2011 at 5:51 pm
I bet that just falls right apart!! So flaky and buttery!
No. 3 — February 1st, 2011 at 4:30 am
I dont know how to prepare fish at all
) and this fish looks like quite healthy dish 
No. 4 — February 1st, 2011 at 9:55 am
This looks fantastic! I just picked up some haddock at the market on Saturday and I am always looking for a slow cooker meal… it’s a perfect match! The simple nature of the garlic butter makes for an elegant meal. Looking forward to this one!
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No. 5 — October 6th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
would like to know if you are wrapping each fillet with foil and then stacking the foil packages in the crockpot? can i put lemon in this recipe also.?? or do i stack the fillets on top of each other in one foil package?
No. 6 — October 6th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
@jan – I stacked the fillets and wrapped them up in one foil package. Lemon would be a great addition to the recipe. Enjoy!
No. 7 — July 4th, 2012 at 1:32 am
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