Tilapia-filled Pita Recipe
For this recipe you need the type of pita that has a pocket inside. This type of pita is baked at a really high temperature (typically 700°F / 370°C) which makes the flattened dough puff up. When the bread is removed from the hot oven, the bread deflates but the layers of baked dough remain separated.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 anchovy fillets
- Feta cheese (1/2 cup when crumbled)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 pound tilapia fillets
- Lemon pepper to taste
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- 4 cups iceberg lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 6 pita breads, cut in half
DIRECTIONS
- Drain the anchovy fillets.
- Crumble the feta cheese.
- Mix anchovy and feta cheese and stir in mayonnaise, Italian salad dressing, cayenne pepper, black pepper and salt.
- Heat up the olive oil in a skillet over medium-strong heat.
- Place the tilapia fillets in the skillet and season with lemon pepper, cayenne and salt.
- Fry the tilapia fillets until they are brown on one side.
- Turn and continue to fry until the other side is brown and the fish can be easily flaked with a fork.
- Chop the onion.
- Cut or tear the iceberg lettuce into bite-size pieces.
- Warm the pita breads in the oven or in the microwave to make them softer.
- Fill the pita breads with lettuce, onion, tilapia fillets and plenty of feta cheese sauce.