This Crock Pot Garlic Butter Tilapia recipe gives you flavorful, flaky tilapia with very little effort. It cooks quickly and is perfect for an easy dinner.
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How to Make Garlic Butter Tilapia in a Crock Pot
Aunt Lou here.
If a simple to make, flavorful main dish that cooks up in about an hour in a crock pot sounds good to you and you love mild white fish, then you are going to want to try this Crock Pot Garlic Butter Tilapia. It is easy to throw together, cooks quickly, tastes great and was a huge hit in my house.
When I was researching how long to cook this recipe, I found many recipes that said the cooking time should be two hours on high. However, when I made this, I checked my fish with a meat thermometer at the one hour mark, and it was already done. So, if your slow cooker cooks like mine, your cooking time will be closer to an hour, but if your slow cooker cooks cooler, it may be closer to an hour and a half to two hours. You will want to watch this closely the first time you make it so you can know how long it takes in your specific slow cooker.
What You Will Need for Crock Pot Garlic Butter Tilapia
Ingredients Needed
- 4 frozen tilapia fillets, thawed
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Garlic salt and pepper to taste
Equipment Needed
- Pan (for thawing your fillets in the fridge)
- Butter knife
- Garlic press
- Small microwave safe bowl or microwave safe coffee mug
- Stirring spatula
- Aluminum foil
- Casserole Crock Pot or 6 Quart Slow Cooker
- Oven mitts or heat safe gloves
Time Needed
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cooking Time: 1 to 2 hours on high, rotating insert halfway through cooking if your slow cooker cooks unevenly, it is done when the internal temperature of the center of your tilapia fillets is at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit and your tilapia is white and flaky
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Crock Pot Garlic Butter Tilapia
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place a large piece of aluminum foil in the bottom of your casserole crock pot or 6 quart crock pot and press into the bottom of your insert so it makes the bottom of a packet.
- Put your filets in bottom of your packet.
- Stir together your melted butter and minced garlic and evenly pour over your filets.
- Sprinkle garlic salt and pepper over everything to taste.
- Close your aluminum foil packet. If your aluminum foil isn't large enough, you can use another piece of foil to make a top for your packet and crimp the edges of the bottom and top aluminum foil pieces together to form your packet.
- Cover and cook on high for 1-2 hours, turning your insert halfway through cooking if your slow cooker does not cook evenly. It is done when the internal temperature of your fish is at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit and the fish is white and flaky.
Notes
- Looking for more recipes? Our Recipe Finder can help you find exactly what you need.
- Check out all our favorite recommendations for cookbooks, slow cookers and low carb essentials in our Amazon Influencer Shop.
- As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
- All slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed.
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