YES. You can cook fish in your crockpot!! For reals!
Published: Tue, 03/09/21
Tuesday
(which I guess means I'm supposed to talk about tacos?
I'm not.
I've never been much of a rule-follower....)
;-)
Hello there, Slow Cookerers!!
Over the past 12 years, I've written a lot of crockpot recipes. An AWFUL lot.
and one of my favorite things to do, is to make up "new" uses for the crockpot slow cooker.
Before I started experimenting with cooking fish in the slow cooker, pretty much everyone (including myself!) was certain that there just wasn't any way you could successfully cook fish in a crockpot.
I was wrong. They were wrong.
You can make perfectly moist and flaky fish in the crockpot.
This is our favorite recipe:
Parmesan Tilapia
serves 4
aluminum foil
4 fillets of Tilapia (or other favorite white fish)
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
juice of 2 lemons
4 chopped garlic cloves
1/8 teaspoon each of kosher salt and black pepper
for serving: more lemon wedges
The Directions
Tear 4 (1-foot or so) lengths of aluminum foil out and spread them on your kitchen countertop.
Place a fish fillet into the center of each one.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the mayonnaise, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Whisk together with a fork.
Smear this sauce evenly over the top of each piece of fish. Fold the foil over and crimp the sides to create a fully enclosed packet.
Place these packets into an empty 6-quart slow cooker.
DO NOT ADD WATER.
Cover, and cook on High for 2 hours. Carefully check doneness by opening the foil packet (steam will shoot out, be careful!).
If the fish cuts easily with a fork and is flaky, it is done.
Serve with rice and your favorite vegetables.
Amaze your friends and neighbors by calling them and telling them that you just made fish in the crockpot and it was utterly amazing.
:-)
The Verdict.
This is STILL our favorite fish recipe --- the lemon and the mayo create a tangy sauce that is just beyond delicious.
If the idea of mayonnaise icks you out (which is weird, because that is all that TARTER SAUCE is...)
go ahead and use sour cream.
It's all good. ;-)
happy slow cooking!! enjoy!!
steph
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