Tunisian-Spiced Tilapia with Chermoula
plus Jeweled Rice & Garlicky Green Beans
- Fish
- Milk
We’ve all heard that we need more fish in our diet, and boy have we got a tasty one on the line for you! You’ll season tilapia, one of the mildest white fish, with a deeply flavored spice blend that includes caraway, turmeric, and smoked paprika. The fillets are served with garlicky roasted green beans and our spin on jeweled rice—tinted yellow with earthy turmeric and studded with sweet golden raisins and bright lemon zest. It’s all topped with chermoula, a bright, herbaceous, slightly spicy sauce made with parsley, lemon, and jalapeño. Go fish? Absolutely!
Ingredients
6 ounce
Green Beans
11 ounce
Tilapia
(Contains: Fish)
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Jalapeño
¼ ounce
Parsley
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
1 tablespoon
Tunisian Spice Blend
1 ounce
Golden Raisins
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
1.5 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • In a small pot, combine rice, 1¼ cups water (2¼ cups for 4 servings), 1 tsp Tunisian Spice Blend (2 tsp for 4), and a pinch of salt. (You’ll use the rest of the spice blend later.) Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, mince parsley. Zest and quarter lemon. Halve jalapeño, removing ribs and seeds for less heat; mince jalapeño. Trim green beans if necessary.
• In a small bowl, combine parsley, 1½ TBSP olive oil (3 TBSP for 4 servings), ¼ tsp garlic powder (½ tsp for 4), salt, and pepper. (You’ll use the rest of the garlic powder in the next step.) • Stir in lemon juice to taste and as much jalapeño as you like.
• Toss green beans on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, remaining garlic powder, salt, and pepper. • Roast on top rack until browned and tender, 12-15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pat tilapia* dry with paper towels; season all over with remaining Tunisian Spice Blend, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add tilapia and cook until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes per side. • Remove pan from heat.
• Fluff rice with a fork; stir in raisins, lemon zest, and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) until combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste. • Divide tilapia, green beans, and rice between plates. Spoon chermoula over tilapia and serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Tilapia is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the Tunisian spice blend and chermoula, finding them flavorful and unique; some found it too mild or cinnamon-heavy.
- Ease of prep: Customers appreciated how quick and easy this dish was to make, with clear instructions for cooking the fish.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more seasoning to the rice; some preferred steaming green beans instead of roasting for better texture 🍲.
- Portions: Tilapia fillets were praised as large and fresh; a few wanted more vegetables and less rice.
- Fish quality: Customers consistently highlighted the fresh, high-quality tilapia, even those who don't typically enjoy fish.
Reviews from our home cooks
Loved everything about this recipe! Fish was so fresh, great flavor profile from the Tunisian spices. Raisins in the rice? Delish! The only thing I would change is to use fresh garlic with the green beans instead of powder. Keep this on the menu...and often, please. Need more non-shrimp fish options every week.
This choice was so good! It was not one I would normally pick but I was pleasantly surprised by the flavors. The tunisian spice was wonderful as was the chermoula. This was a wonderful adventure in flavors.
The chermoula and Tunisian spice didn't have as much flavor as I was expecting. I was expecting the chermoula to be more like chimichurri, but it was more bland
I am not typically a big fish fan, but this recipe was amazing and we will definitely be ordering it again. Tilapia portions were surprisingly huge, even had leftover rice. A+ on flavor too!
My husband cooked this dish. He and I both agree it was a winner. We would have loved a different veggie (because I always pick something with green beans), but the Tilapia was OUTSTANDING! Fresh and served up well. This is a winner, winner, tilapia dinner!
We baked the tilapia in the oven at the same time as the green beans, at the same temperature. It worked quite well. We find baking the fish cooks it quite evenly and we don't have the possible issue of the smoke alarm going off. You might try it when you have something else in the oven already.
Delicious, fresh recipe with a new taste of tilapia! My non-seafood boyfriend loved it especially with the jalapeno!
Should use real cloves of garlic instead of the powder for both the green beans and the chermoula
The tilapia fillets were big, there was plenty of rice, and the chermoula was delicious. Would order again.
The jalapeno pepper...just don't like them. However, the food was amazing without it. The Tunisian spices were amazing!
