Free Inquiry #6: Em’s Fish Tacos

This week my recipe is inspired by my girlfriend Emily. Although she is not the best cook she loves cooking and this is one of her favourite meals. I will admit her favourite meal that I make is gnocchi with a four cheese but that might be for a later blog post. Thanks to Emily for the inspiration on this one and I hope you guys enjoy this recipe!

Ingredients

• White fish (Cod/Sole)
• 2-3 Limes
• 2 Avocados
• 1 Red onion
• 1 Bunch cilantro
• 2-3 Tomatoes
• Feta cheese
• Mayonaise
• Sour cream
• 1 Can chipotle peppers
• Tortillas
• Jalapenos
• Cabbage
• Green onion
• 1 egg
• Bread crumbs (panko)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Garlic Powder
• Chilli powder
• Cumin
• Paprika
• Sugar
• Cayenne pepper

Servings

This recipe makes Tacos for 4-5 people depending how much fish you use. In this recipe I used about 400g of sole and it fed 4 adults and 1 child.

Instructions – Fish

1. Start by breading the fish with breadcrumbs. Mix 2 cups of breadcrumbs with 2 tbs garlic powder, 1tsp salt, 1 tsp cumin, 2 tbs chilli powder, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tsp pepper. Mix well
2. Whisk one egg with 1/4 cup water in a small bowl.
3. Cut up the fish into small bite size pieces. Cover in egg then cover with breadcrumbs. Place the panko covered fish on a cookie sheet.
4. Cook the fish in an air fryer for 10-12 minutes at 400°C. Check halfway through and flip. Set aside for later.

Instructions – Chipotle Mayo and Guacamole

Chipotle Mayonaise

1. Finely dice two chipotle peppers and 2 tbs of the adobo sauce into a bowl.
2. Add 1/2 cup of mayonnaise and 1/4 cup of sour cream to the same bowl.
3. Add the juice of 1 lime, 1 tbs garlic powder , 1 tbs sugar and salt to taste. Mix well. Adjust the spice level by adding more adobo sauce, more peppers, or mayonnaise as desired.

Guacamole

1. Mash up 2 avocados in a bowl.
2. Add 1/3 cup finely diced cilantro, 1/3 cup finely diced onion, 1/3 diced tomatoes and the juice of 1 lime.
3. Season with 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, 1 tbs garlic powder, 1 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp paprika. Mix well. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed with more lime, cilantro, onion, or seasonings.
4. Cover and store in the fridge until you are ready to use.

Adaptations

• If you dont like fresh fish, we often make these with frozen fish or tempura battered frozen fish. Bake these and substitute for the fish in this recipe. This adds a nice crunch and is way less time consuming than panko covering your entire fish.
• You can also just season the fish with no panko and just the seasonings if you are in a time crunch and cook in an air fryer or the oven.
• Substitute fish for any protein source that you like, ground beef, chicken, turkey etc.
• If you are vegetarian you can use Brussel sprouts like in my burrito recipe or vegetables or tofu with similar seasonings.
• If you are lactose intolerant or sensitive to dairy, remove the sour cream from the chipotle sauce and just use mayonnaise.

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Reflections

This is another delicious recipe and relatively healthy. I make this sauce for so many different things, burritos, tacos, nachos etc. Likewise the guacamole is to die for and a million times better than store bought. Always make this yourself if you have the time and resources because it’s a game changer. I would say the only downside is that it is pretty time consuming to bread all the fish and make all the sauces. If you are in a time restraint feel free to cut off on the sauce or the breading. However, if you have the time it is definitely worth it to do it. Enjoy this one.