1. Preheat your oven to 400 until it becomes hot
2. Clean and descale the fish, also pat the fish fry with a paper towel to remove excess moisture.
3. Using a sharp knife, create incisions across the fish, the scores will allow the fish to get more flavor from the marinade
4. Make a quick rub with equal part salt, and equal part crayfish stock powder, rub-down the tilapia, make sure you get the seasoning into all the cuts on the fish, allow the fish to rest while you make a sauce
5. To your food processor add some spring onions, red chili, green chili, ginger, garlic, onion, and scotch bonnet, also add some water and blend everything until it becomes a fine paste.
6. Heat some vegetable oil in a pan, pour in the sauce, and cook for 10 minutes to caramelize it.
7. To the sauce, add some curry powder, dry thyme, salt, and crayfish powder, stir the sauce properly to incorporate, and cook for some minutes.
8. Remove the heat from the sauce, when it is cool, apply it all over the tilapia, you can use your hand or a brush to get the sauce into the cavities of the fish
9. Also, stuff the fish with some spring onions and fresh thyme for some extra aromatics.
10. Transfer the fish to a baking tray and place it in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
11. Remove from the oven and transfer to serving dishes. Serve alongside any starch of your choice.
12. Enjoy your meal.

This delicious oven-baked tilapia dish would be ready in no time, it is also suitable to be served to friends and family on special occasions too. If you would want to see other tilapia recipe ideas, check out this video recipe.