Sometimes Mexican food can be too rich and heavy. Not so with these fish tacos. They're high in flavor, but don't weigh you down. The recipe stuffs a soft flour tortilla with flaky white fish, a quick creamy guacamole, and a crunchy cabbage slaw.
Although it calls for red snapper, any firm white fish works wonderfully. Sound delicious? Wait till you read the recipe! Do so when you read more.
From Food & Wine
Ingredients
2 Hass avocados — halved, pitted, and peeled
1/4 cup low-fat sour cream or Greek yogurt
1 small jalapeno, seeded and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons minced red onion
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
5 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1 small head of napa cabbage, shredded (4 cups)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for brushing
2 pounds thick red snapper fillets with skin, cut crosswise into ten 2-inch-wide strips
Ten 7-inch flour tortillas, warmed
2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
Hot sauce, for serving
Lime wedges, for serving
Directions
- Light a grill. In a medium bowl, mash the avocados, sour cream, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro and 3 tablespoons of the lime juice. Season the guacamole with salt and pepper and press a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the guacamole.
- In a large bowl, toss the cabbage with the 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and the remaining 2 tablespoons of lime juice. Season with salt and pepper.
- Brush the fish with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill over moderately high heat until lightly charred and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer the fish to a platter and pull off the skin.
- To assemble each taco, spread a dollop of guacamole on a tortilla. Top with a piece of fish, a few tomato slices and a large spoonful of the cabbage slaw. Serve with the hot sauce and lime wedges.
Serves 10.
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Never been a fan of these.
1Ooooooh... fish tacos!
2Best fish tacos ever are in San Diego up in Solana Beach at the Tidewater! They do them perfectly!
3Holy crap, Tidewater is sooooooooo delicious!! I can't wait to go back down to SD!!
4Looks good, but seems like a lot of work. "Ask Aida" on Food Network has a fish taco recipe that is excellent. Half the ingredients of this one and half the work. My family (who rated the idea of fish tacos with a high "ick" factor) loves them. Great dinner for someone to make who works all day. The recipe I use calls for mahi-mahi; the guy behind the fish counter at Whole Foods suggested that pompano could also be used. He didn't mention red snapper. Hmm.
5I don't think it seems like a lot of work at all, if you want fresh guacamole. You could make the recipe faster if you used store-bought.
6As I have said before.....holy guacamole that looks good.....sure beats the fish product fish sticks I had every Friday night when I grew up.
7This recipe sounds wonderful. I can't wait to make them. YUM!!!!
8my boyfriend fell in love with fishtacos at dinner on Friday night (in a restaurant - i ordered them, he sampled) so i'll have to make this for him!
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