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Tilapia in Mustard Cream Sauce

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Tilapia in Mustard Cream Sauce
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"Orange roughy or chicken can be used instead of tilapia, and tomatoes or spinach can be substituted for mushrooms." -Alix McLearen, Wesley Chapel, FL

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 fillet and 1/4 cup sauce)

Ingredients

  • 4  (6-ounce) tilapia fillets
  • 1/2  teaspoon  chopped fresh thyme
  • 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • Cooking spray
  • 3/4  cup  fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1  ounce  portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 2  tablespoons  whipping cream
  • 2  tablespoons  Dijon mustard

Preparation

Sprinkle fish with thyme, pepper, and salt. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add fish; cook 1 minute on each side. Add broth, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook, uncovered, 1 minute or until mushrooms are tender. Remove fish from pan; keep warm.

Add cream and mustard to pan; stir with a whisk until well combined. Cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated. Serve sauce over fish.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
184 (22% from fat)
Fat:
4.6g (sat 2.1g,mono 1g,poly 0.4g)
Protein:
32.7g
Carbohydrate:
1.2g
Fiber:
0.6g
Cholesterol:
134mg
Iron:
2.2mg
Sodium:
536mg
Calcium:
40mg
Alix McLearen, Cooking Light, JUNE 2005

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars

This was really easy and very tasty! I altered the recipe a little to add more vegetables (spinach) and instead of using cream I used 2 Tbsp. of light sour cream and 2 Tbsp. of fat free milk. After heating and mixing with the mustard this gave the perfect consistency. I also used low sodium veggie broth instead of chicken broth. Ate this with italian bread (whole wheat). I will definitely make this again!04/27/10

5 stars
SWink
This was easy to make tasted great and was healthy to top it off. My husband is the worlds pickiest eater and there were no complaints. I will be making this again. He ate his with vegetables and I ate my with rice tasted better with rice in my opinion.01/26/09