Food & Cooking Recipes Ingredients Seafood Recipes Tilapia with Arugula, Capers, and Tomatoes 3.8 (128) Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 15 mins Servings: 1 Jump to recipe A mild-tasting white fish, tilapia is easy to find at the grocery store and pairs well with all kinds of flavors. This one-pan dinner gives it a Mediterranean flair with cherry tomatoes, arugula, and capers. The capers flavor the butter-lemon juice pan sauce that brings the dish together. Our tilapia recipe serves one but can easily be scaled up. What Are Capers? This Small But Mighty Ingredient Can Transform Your Cooking Directions In a medium nonstick skillet, bring 1/4 cup water to a boil. Add tomatoes and red-pepper flakes; top with tilapia, and season with salt and pepper. Cover, and cook 3 minutes. Add arugula. Cover, and cook until tilapia flakes easily with a fork, about 2 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer tilapia and vegetables to a plate (reserve skillet). Make sauce: Off heat, add butter, lemon juice, and capers to skillet; swirl until butter has melted. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Serve tilapia over arugula and tomatoes; drizzle with sauce.