One-Pan Tilapia with Red Beans & Kale
plus Tomato & Lemon
- Fish
- Milk
Simple, streamlined, and packed with veggies, this one-pan tilapia dinner is the perfect dish for busy weeknights. Gently steaming the tilapia over a simmering bed of tomato, kidney beans, and kale ensures the fish stays perfectly flaky and tender. Finish it off with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to bring out this meal’s bright flavors.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Kale
1 unit
Onion
2 clove
Garlic
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Lemon
11 ounce
Tilapia
(Contains: Fish)
2 unit
Veggie Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Kidney Beans
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Cooking Oil
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Dice tomato into 1⁄2-inch pieces. Drain and rinse beans. Remove and discard any large stems from kale. Quarter lemon.
• Pat tilapia* dry with paper towels; season generously all over with salt and pepper. • Set aside until ready to use.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30-60 seconds. • Add tomato, beans, stock concentrates, 1⁄4 cup water, and 2 TBSP butter (1⁄2 cup water and 4 TBSP butter for 4 servings). Stir to combine. Bring to a simmer.
• Once beans, veggies, and broth are simmering, add kale. Cover pan with lid. Cook, stirring occasionally, until kale has wilted, 2-3 minutes. • Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Place tilapia over beans and kale. Reduce heat to medium low. Cover pan with lid; simmer until fish is cooked through and easily flakes with a fork, 8-10 minutes more.
• Squeeze juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 4 servings) over tilapia. • Divide tilapia and red beans and kale between plates; serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Fish is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Apr 2026- Flavor: Many found the tilapia bland with just salt and pepper; adding spices like Old Bay, red pepper flakes, or garlic powder boosted flavor significantly.
- Ease of prep: Customers loved the simple one-pan cooking method and easy cleanup, with most finding it quick to prepare in under 30 minutes.
- Suggestions: Try pan-searing the tilapia instead of steaming for better flavor, and consider adding extra tomatoes or seasoning to brighten the dish.
- Leftovers: Fresh it's delicious, but several noted it doesn't reheat well and tastes better the day it's made.
- Bean preference: Some preferred black beans over kidney beans for better texture and flavor balance with the other ingredients.
Reviews from our home cooks
Excellent! Simple, easy to follow instructions. Fresh, simple, whole ingredients. The tilapia was fresh and the portions perfect. I normally don't like tilapia but now I see it's been the restaurants I'd frequented that destroyed the fish, because this recipe was AMAZING! We LOVED the veggies; Our home smells divine after cooking this meal. This one I will for sure recommend to my friends and family who don't know how to cook fish.
Scrumptious!! The tilapia was perfectly cooked per directions which knocked my socks off (fish is hard to cook for me), and the veggies and beans were amazing. Such good combos. The lemon gave it the perfect kick. 🍋🫘
This seems like a very plain meal but the flavors are fabulous! The beans are creamy, the kale provides texture and the lemon really brightens up the dish.
Tilapia is our favorite fish and this dish was so easy to make in one pan. We love lots of veges and adding the kidney beans for added protein was a plus.
WOW! We loved this recipe! Very filling and delicious. Very different because it had a Mediterranean twist. Very easy to cook! One pan!
Easy to make and VERY tasty. Wish there was more broth because that was fantastic. I subbed out mixed greens for the kale as I despise kale. These were the biggest tilapia fillets that I've ever seen outside of fish market. If I get it again I'm going to add some kind of spice to the fish to give it some of. Maybe some MSG and paprika.
One of our favorites-love everything about this dish! The flavors and textures are just perfect together, very satisfying!
Was surprised at myself for ordering this and even more surprised by how good it was! The fish was perfectly flaky and the beans and kale were super flavorful.
Amazing, delicious, and so healthy!! I recommend providing dill to spice the tilapia & even the beans with. I am knocking off one star, just because your directions would not have resulted in half as tasty a dish as I made. This dish needed more seasoning than you provided. Since I have a well-stocked spice cabinet, I was good to go, but other customers may not be so fortunate.
Unexpectedly tasty combination with the slightly sweet flavors of the beans and tomatoes with the fish. The lemon really brightened up the dish. I prefer the kale and onions a little more done, so it took a bit longer than expected. Kale isn't typically my favorite, but it worked pretty well. The fish poached on top of the stewed veggies cooked perfectly and imparted a delicate flavor and texture.
