Air Fryer Tilapia 2
Ingredients
1 lime, juiced
1 Tablespoon tequila {optional}
1 teaspoon cumin
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
12 ounces of tilapia (about 2 large fillets)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs, whisked
1 cup panko bread crumbs or regular breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
Directions
Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees.
Prepare the marinade: Add lime juice, tequila, cumin, chili powder, salt, and black pepper to a medium bowl and whisk to combine. Cut fish into 1” bite size pieces and add to the marinade. Place in the fridge for 10 minutes.
Dredge the fish: Set up a dredging station with 3 bowls. Add flour to one bowl, eggs to the other, and panko bread crumbs, cumin and chili powder to the last bowl. Drain fish from marinade and pat dry.
Pat the tilapia fillets dry then dip each fillet into the flour and coat both sides. Dip them into the egg wash and transfer them to the breadcrumb mixture to coat both sides of each fillet.
Spray the air fryer basket with olive oil or cooking spray. Take the air-fryer basket and place 1 to 2 tilapia fish fillet in the air fryer. You don’t want to overlap the fish so you may need to do two batches.
Spray the top and bottom of the tilapia with olive oil.
Place the tilapia into the air fryer and cook for 8-10 minutes. Remove the fish once it gets a brown crust on the outside and the internal temperature is 145 F and is easily flaked by a fork at the thickest part.
Serve the tilapia in tacos, on its own, on a bun or in a wrap.
