Pan fried white fish, slaw, smokey spices and spicy mayo!
Who doesn’t like tacos? Anybody? Tacos are an undisputed fan favourite. Even Lebron James, 4-time NBA champion loves a good taco. If you’ve seen his regular “Taco Tuesday” videos (hyperlink), then you will know ‘The King’ is eating them at least once a week.
If you want to be like Lebron and add a regular taco night to your weekly schedule, look no further – ‘The Spice’ has you covered. Follow this recipe for fool-proof restaurant quality tacos at home.
Any Day is a Good Day for Tacos!
These Tacos are so simple you can make them any old time you want. The most difficult part of this dish is deciding what type of fish you want to use.
There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to your fish selection. Having said that, a meaty white fleshed fish will give you the most satisfying texture in your taco and also compliment the spices that you will use to flavour the dish. You want your spices and your fish to work together in unison. Neither should overpower the other.
Feel free to adjust the spice levels to your own personal taste and enjoy!
Ingredients:
Tacos
- Fish Fillets (any white fish)
- 12 Tortillas
- Half a red cabbage
- 3 Limes
- Fresh Coriander (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon of chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon of cumin
- Salt and pepper to taste
Spicy Mayo
Method:
Step One
Mix your dry spices in a small bowl then generously sprinkle spices over the fish fillets ensuring that the entire fillet is coated.
Step Two
To make spicy mayo simply add your favourite hot sauce and lemon juice to your mayonnaise. 1 part to 3 parts. For example, 5ml of lemon juice and hot sauce to 15ml of Mayonnaise.
Step Three
Roughly chop red cabbage, season with lime juice and salt and pepper and fresh coriander to taste.
Step Four
Add olive oil to a non-stick pan over a medium-high heat, cook each fillet (you may only have room for two at once) for roughly 4 minutes on each side. Making sure that the fish is cooked through and brown on both sides. Repeat until all fish is cooked then transferring cooked fish a to a clean plate as you go.
Step Five
Use a fork or spoon or other implement to roughly shred the cooked fish. Serve shredded fish into tacos along with cabbage mix and spicy mayo to taste. Add extra salad ingredients as you wish.
