These simple tilapia packets with broccoli and mushrooms make for an easy all-in-one weeknight fish dinner! Low carb, and easily made gluten free.

As the summer drags on and it gets hotter and hotter, I’m all about our meals getting easier and easier. And, what’s easier than an all-in-one foil packet meal? Such as… say, just for instance… these Easy Tilapia Packets with Broccoli and Mushrooms!

Today’s recipe wings your way courtesy of surprise half-price clearance tilapia at my local ALDI this week. Tilapia is pretty affordable in general, and I combined this latest impulse buy with some veggies I already had in the house to create these easy fish & veggie packets. Protein + veggie foil packets always make for an quick & simple all-in-one weeknight dinner — which you can also throw right onto your grill, if it feels too hot to turn on the oven.

Not a tilapia fan? Substitute another mild white fish such as flounder or cod.

Easy Tilapia Packets with Broccoli and Mushrooms

Ingredients

– for the packets

2 tsp olive oil
1 lb tilapia, divided into four equal pieces
8 oz mushrooms, thinly sliced
8 oz broccoli crowns, chopped into very small florets

– for the sauce

2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp olive oil
Juice of 1/2 a small lime
1 tsp sesame oil (optional, but recommended)
1/2 Tbsp minced garlic (about 3 cloves)
1/2 tsp Kosher salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees or preheat grill on medium-high heat. Tear off four pieces of foil, each long enough to wrap around fish & veggies. Brush the center of each piece of foil with olive oil (about 2 tsp total).

Add mushrooms and broccoli to the center of each piece of foil, then top veggies with the tilapia portions.

Combine all sauce ingredients, then drizzle it evenly over the tilapia and veggies.

Fold up foil packets and seal tightly. Then, pick a cooking method:

In the oven: Place packets on a rimmed baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork and veggies are tender.
On the grill: Place packs on the grill, close the lid, and grill over medium-high heat for 12-15 minutes, or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork and veggies are tender.

Serve fish with its associated veggies, pouring the leftover sauce from the packets over everything.

Notes: On the grill, use heavy duty foil if you have it (if not, you might wish to double the regular foil). Broccoli will come out crisp-tender at this cooking time, so if you prefer your veggies a bit softer you can remove the cooked fish, reseal the packets, and give the veggies a little longer before serving.

Deliciously saucy fish and vegetable packets…

We enjoyed our fish & veggie packets with leftover baked potatoes, but this easy fish recipe would also be quite lovely over rice — or try it over cauliflower rice, if you’re low carb. And the whole lime-garlic-soy sauce thing? That perfectly infuses both the mild fish and the mushrooms with flavor.

Easy tilapia packets are low carb, and they are easily made gluten free if you substitute GF tamari for regular soy sauce in the recipe.

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Easy Tilapia Packets with Broccoli and Mushrooms

Protein + veggie foil packets always make for an quick & simple all-in-one weeknight dinner -- which you can also throw right onto your grill if it feels too hot to turn on the oven.

Course dinner

Total Time 35

Servings

Author Rachel Singer

Ingredients

- for the packets

2 tsp olive oil
1 lb tilapia divided into four equal pieces
8 oz mushrooms thinly sliced
8 oz broccoli crowns chopped into very small florets

- for the sauce

2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp olive oil
Juice of 1/2 a small lime
1 tsp sesame oil optional, but recommended
1/2 Tbsp minced garlic about 3 cloves
1/2 tsp Kosher salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees or preheat grill on medium-high heat. Tear off four pieces of foil, each long enough to wrap around fish & veggies. Brush the center of each piece of foil with olive oil (about 2 tsp total).
Add mushrooms and broccoli to the center of each piece of foil, then top veggies with the tilapia portions.
Combine all sauce ingredients, then drizzle it evenly over the tilapia and veggies.
Fold up foil packets and seal tightly. Then, pick a cooking method:
In the oven: Place packets on a rimmed baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork and veggies are tender.
On the grill: Place packs on the grill, close the lid, and grill over medium-high heat for 12-15 minutes, or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork and veggies are tender.
Serve fish with its associated veggies, pouring the leftover sauce from the packets over everything.

Notes

On the grill, use heavy duty foil if you have it (if not, you might wish to double the regular foil). Broccoli will come out crisp-tender at this cooking time, so if you prefer your veggies a bit softer you can remove the cooked fish, reseal the packets, and give the veggies a little longer before serving.

More easy fish recipes?

If you are looking for more quick & easy weeknight fish recipes, check these out:

And if you have a little more time some night, don’t miss these Alaska pollock mini fish tacos — yum!

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