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Emergency Forgot-to-Defrost-Fish Dinner

By Rachel Dunlap

HELP!  I totally forgot to defrost the fish.

After spending all day planning to cook tilapia for dinner, I came home to realize that I hadn’t taken it out of the freezer.  Even though it’s never ideal to cook fish (or any meat) when it’s still frozen, I thought I’d give it a shot anyway.

What you need:

1 lb. tilapia (or other sturdy-ish fish)

2 lemons

1 bunch chives

Cajun seasoning (I used Tony Chachere’s)

What you do:

1. Rinse off lemons and cut into rounds.

2. Rinse off chives and cut into 1/2″ pieces.

3. On a sheet of foil (about 3x bigger than the fish filet), place 2 lemon slices.  Sprinkle with chives and approximately 1 tsp seasoning.  Top with fish filet.  Top fish with 2 more lemon slices, chives and seasoning.  Fold foil loosely around fish to create a pocket.

4. Repeat for remaining filets.

5. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes (when you smell it, it’s done).

A neat little benefit of starting with frozen filets: the moisture helped to steam the fish during the cooking process, allowing the lemon to soak all the way through. Yum!

Serve alongside oven fries (thinly sliced potatoes coated with a little olive oil and seasoning and baked on the same pan as the fish) and balsamic roasted asparagus.

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