Tilapia Sandwich

Tilapia is a cheap fish found at most grocery stores. I encourage everyone on a budget to make more of it. It is cheap and easy to make. Here's my current favorite recipe:

Tilapia Sandwich with Chipotle Mayo

Sounds kind of fancy/impressive right?

Here's how to make it.

FISH:
ingredients: fish, seasoning

Throw some seasoning on the fish (something simple like salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, a little cayenne pepper does the job), pour a bit of oil in a pan, and cook on medium-high heat, about 3 minutes on each side.

MAYO:
ingredients: mayo, canned chipotle peppers adobozado, cilantro, lime juice

I don't like recipes with weird ingredients that are hard to find, but I promise you that while it may sound outre, canned chipotle peppers adobozado are not hard to find. You can find them at most markets but if that fails, check your local bodega (if it's owned by Mexicans I can almost guarantee they will have them)

Either way, buy a can, take out a pepper, finely chop it up, and put it in a bowl with mayonaisse (two large scoops). add some of the sauce from the can depending on how much kick you want in the mayo. Next, squeeze juice from half a lime into the mixture and finely chop up some cilantro to mix in as well. A little lime juice goes a long way to cut the sauce a bit and make it a little thinner than the normal texture of mayo.

Also, for a nice addition to the sandwich, throw some minced onions in a pan with some salt and pepper and chopped up cilantro to simmer until the onions are nice and translucent.

SANDWICH:
ingredients: fish, chipotle mayo, lettuce, onion, roll of ciabatta bread

Cut a roll of Ciabatta bread in half. I like Ciabatta bread for it's soft, airy flavor. Add a generous portion of chipotle mayo to both sides of the bread. Add the onions to one side of bread. Add a bit of lettuce (preferably salad mix lettuce, not big ice berg leaves) to the other side of bread. Cut tilapia filets in half and add to sandwich.

enjoy.