Sneak Preview: Tilapia with Pizza Sauce and Mozzarella is a quick, kid-approved recipe featuring breaded fish fillets topped with pizza sauce and melted cheese!
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Pizza Fish isn’t fish on pizza—it’s grilled tilapia topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella, and fresh basil. While sampling for a fish company, I learned about this fish recipe, and customers went wild for it!
If your family’s only experience with fish is fast food fried sandwiches, this simple recipe is a great way to change that.
Three Reasons To Bookmark This Recipe
Easily customizable: use your favorite white fish and Italian cheese
Familiar flavors appeal to picky eaters
Fresh basil adds sophistication for the adults
Happy Cooks Speak Up
“I made this on Saturday. We ALL loved it!!! Mike told me to add it to our list of “regular” meals.” 😉 STACI
Do You Have Any Tips for Getting Kids To Eat Fish?
Get your kids to help you fix it. They might be more likely to eat it, so it’s worth a try.
Need more tips in this area? Check out the strategies outlined in this article about getting kids to eat fish by Bon Appétit. Serving breaded fish like this is just one idea.
📌Kitchen Tips📌How To Cook Breaded Tilapia in a Hurry
Tilapia and orange roughy defrost in about 20 minutes in water—perfect timing to walk in, change, and heat the skillet (paid link).
For a shortcut, brown the fish, top with pizza sauce and cheese, then cover the pan to melt the cheese—no broiler needed, though the cheese won’t brown.
How To Assemble This Recipe
PinPat fish fillets dry with paper towels. Pour crumbs onto a plate or wax paper.
PinRoll fillets in bread crumbs.
PinPlace in a preheated skillet holding hot oil.
PinSauté each side until the crumbs are golden brown.
PinSpoon a small amount of pizza sauce on top of each fish fillet, then sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese.
PinPut the lid on until the cheese melts. Sprinkle basil on top if desired.
64-oz pieces(680g)tilapia, orange roughy or other thin, mildly flavored fish fillets (if frozen, allow to thaw)
½teaspoontable of sea salt
⅛teaspoonfreshly ground black pepper
⅔cup(72g)bread crumbs, dried
½cup(122g)pizza sauce
2oz.(56g)shredded Mozzarella cheese
Fresh basil
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Instructions
Preheat 1-2 tablespoons avocado or olive oil in non-stick skillet over medium heat.
Lightly dry 6 4-oz pieces(680g) tilapia, orange roughy or other thin, mildly flavored fish fillets (if frozen, allow to thaw) with paper towels. Season with ½ teaspoon table of sea salt and ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
Pour 2/3 cup(72g) bread crumbs, dried onto a plate or wax paper and coat the fish on both sides. Use your hands to pat crumbs onto the surface of the fish.
Sauté fish until brown (2-3 minutes) and flip to brown the other side. (You could stop here and serve the fish with no sauce. It’s delicious!)
Spoon a light coating of 1/2 cup(122g) pizza sauce over the fish. Then sprinkle about 2 oz.(56g) shredded Mozzarella cheese over the sauce. Place under a broiler for a minute or two to brown the cheese.
Sprinkle chopped fresh basil on top of the cooked fish as a garnich and serve immediately. Good served as a fish sandwich with your favorite buns.
Paula Rhodes, owner
As a retired home economist, I created Saladinajar.com to share my belief that you don’t have to be a chef to find joy in creating homemade food worth sharing. Bread machines (used in an unconventional way), homemade yogurt, and quick microwave recipes are my specialty.