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Nom Nom Nom… Fish Tacos!

Peach Salsa Fish Taco

I started out with “good intentions”.. I really did,

honest!

But that’s life isn’t it? We design the best-laid p

lans ever,
set off d

own one path and then we…

stray

♥

So, you ask, what’s my excuse today?

My mother always extolled that

“Necessit

y is the mother of invention.”

Pretty impressive, I couldn’t believe some of the crazy sayings she came up with!
(Um.. until I found out that they were actually Plato’s or Shakespeare’s words…)

I’m actually quite impressed th

at she had memorized so many

of these lines from Shakespeare..  and it certainly made growing up a little more quirky!

♥

Like this proverb we heard all the time…

“Waste not, want not.”

♥

But I digress…

I can try to put a good spin on it , but really, the quote I need to use today is:

“The road to hell

is paved with the best of intentions.”

♥

Once you’ve gone too far down that path.. it’s just too late to turn it around, I think!

♥

I’ve never been good at estimating how much to make for guests. (Ever since the debacle where I had too little food) I always seem to end up with a slovenly fridge chock-full of languishing, dubious left-over crammed, plastic containers. Let’s just say, there was a ton bit of fish left over from Saturday night to use up.

“Nothing more appetizing than rock-hard, day old, reheated cold fish for supper,”
I chirped enthusiastically.

Well, that went over “like a lead balloon”.. it was clearly time to take a bit of my mom’s recipe here (and change it because of missing ingredients).. and then a part of Hugh Carpenter’s recipe there... (and add to it) until, of necessity mind you, I had invented a new dish. I began with by making this pretty little, sort of healthy, Peach Salsa…

..this is yummy all by itself with a few tortilla chips <3

But.. this is where everything went straight “to hell in a handbasket…”

Let’s just say that the end-result, was a heart-thumping, flavor walloping, carb-laden and fried “Nom Nom Nom Fish Taco”… definitely a far cry from the sedate and “Healthy Shrimp Taco” recipe my mom had given me (sorry mom!)…

I had leftover halibut, not shrimp, and I really, really (did I say really?) wanted to try cooking it in a beer batter What’s not to love about beer? Which then led to a little frying. What’s wrong with a little smidgen of oil?

.. wafting aroma of beer batter sizzling..

I can’t deny they were awesomely good.. but I also can’t say they were amazingly healthy. I’m just hoping my trainer isn’t reading this before class on Thursday… and it’s probably time for another lap or two around the park with the dog… (What? Lucky ate a bunch of it, too! Why should he be allowed to just laze around?)

… add a little salsa, mine was green.. extra spicy!

Some things in life are a little “more-ish”, I think, and this recipe is one of them!  It was a challenge to stop at one well, I couldn’t anyway. I also imagine that it would have been incredibly outstanding with fresh peaches.. but you know where I live so that’s not gonna happen for a few months!

…it’s just a wee piece of beer batter fish, how many calories could there be??

Did I tell you the beer batter was so much fun (isn’t making anything with beer fun)? It was a little tricky.. cooked fish breaks apart a little easier, but you just have to get your hands a little messy…and coated in sticky batter. And.. if you insist on a healthier version, I guess you could just warm up the fish and skip the frying part well, you’re just no fun!! 

Better still.. head on over to Rufus’ Food and Spirits Guide and check out their healthy avocado and cucumber tacos!! Or visit Geni at Sweet and Crumby, she’s got some awesome healthy mango topped tacos with avocado crema topping.. Yay, Tacos!!

Nom Nom Nom Fish Tacos 

Nom Nom Nom… Fish Tacos!
 
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Ingredients
Peach Salsa
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cup or 1/2 (28 fl oz) tin of yellow clingstone peaches,
  • packed in pear juice, diced
  • 1/2 shallot, finely minced
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp Asian chile sauce
  • 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
Beer Batter
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup beer
  • 1-2 large cooked fish fillets (trout, halibut, etc)
  • olive oil
  • Salsa to serve
  • tortillas
Instructions
Peach Salsa
  1. Combine diced peaches with the remaining ingredients. Stir to mix thoroughly.
Beer Batter
  1. Measure out all-purpose flour together with the cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Stir with a fork to blend. Whisk one egg and add it to the cup of beer, stirring to mix.
  2. Quickly add the beer mixture to the flour mixture, stirring to blend. This will be a lumpy batter.
  3. Meanwhile, place a cast-iron or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat and coat the bottom generously with oil.
  4. Break a generous piece of cooked fillet away from the skin, dust lightly with flour then dip in the beer batter. (using tongs or fingers)
  5. Lay in the hot oil, turning over once each side is lightly browned and cooked.
  6. Repeat for the remaining pieces of fish.
  7. Warm your tortilla on a dry skillet or in the microwave for a few seconds only. Place the battered, cooked fish in the center. Top with the peach salsa and green tomato salsa. Fold up the bottom, then the sides.
  8. Repeat for remaining pieces of cooked fish.
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Chipotle Lime Sauce
 
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Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • juice of one lime
  • 1 1/2 tbsp cilantro, diced
  • 1 - 2 chipotle peppers coated with adobo sauce, to taste
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • pepper to taste
Optional
  • avocado
  • scallions, chopped
  • monterey jack cheese, grated
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients together from the mayonnaise to the pepper and adjust the level of heat by adding more chipotle peppers as desired.
  2. Top fish taco with sauces, avocado, scallions and monterey jack cheese.
Notes
Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce can often be found in the Mexican food aisle in a 200 gm tin.
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Chipotle Lime Slaw
 
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Chipotle Lime Cole Slaw
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Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • juice of one lime
  • 1 1/2 tbsp cilantro, diced
  • 1 - 2 chipotle peppers coated with adobo sauce, to taste
  • 1 tbsp minced ginger
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • pepper to taste
  • 2 cups plain cole slaw salad mixture
  • Optional
  • avocado
  • scallions, chopped
  • monterey jack cheese, grated
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients together from the mayonnaise to the pepper and adjust the level of heat by adding more chipotle peppers as desired. Stir in 2 cups cole slaw mixture and adjust seasonings.
  2. Top fish taco with peach salsa, chipotle lime cole slaw, avocado, scallions and monterey jack cheese.
Notes
Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce can often be found in the Mexican food aisle in a 200 gm tin.
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Nom Nom Nom... Healthier Fish Tacos!
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 Tilapia Fish Filets
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten with fork
  • 3/4 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
  • oil
Instructions
  1. Rinse and pat dry your fish filets.
  2. Put the flour in one dish, egg in another and the Panko Crumbs in a third bowl.
  3. Heat a small amount of oil on medium high in your frying pan.
  4. Dip each filet in the flour, then the beaten egg and finally the Panko Crumbs to coat. Lay the filets into the heated oil, cover and cook until browned then flip and brown the other side.
  5. Serve with Peach Salsa and Cole Slaw mixture.
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