White Fish Taco

Great easy taco recipe with freshest white fish your fishmonger can conjure up, ideally a firm thicker fish like halibut, true cod etc.
Ingredients:
  • 1 lb true cod / halibut / thick white fresh fish
  • Cabbage, thinly shredded (thin is key)
  • Taco size flour tortillas
  • Limes
Sauce ingredients
  • 2/3  cup sour cream or Mexican crema
  • 1 Tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp lime zest; the zest from a single lime
  • 1 small garlic clove, grated or pressed
  • 1 tsp salt (then to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • pinch cayenne
Seasoning ingredients
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • Salt

Process

  1. Mix all the sauce ingredients then let sit
  2. Mix seasoning ingredients and spread evenly on both sides of fish. Let sit for a touch if you can 10 min
  3. Heat grill to nice n hot.
  4. Right before putting fish on lightly brush with olive oil on the side you are putting down first. Brush is key so that its light as possible for stickage
  5. Put oil side down for 3-4 minutes, oil the side thats up..also lightly
  6. Flip and cook to flakey / rare…

The build (this is crucial, bordering on art)

  1. Lightly heat a tortilla
  2. Spread a small touch of the sauce on tortilla
  3. Lay down appropriate amount of rare flaky fish and hit it with a small pinch of salt across the breadth
  4. Hit the fish with a good squeeze of lime and a generous amount of sauce across the breadth
  5. Top with shredded cabbage
  6. BOOOOOM

If you have it handy, add some tomatillo sauce (green) between steps 3 and 4…..

 

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