I had my first fish taco in San Diego (NAVY). They were so damn good, I ate 10! Out there they mainly use ocean fish like white fish, lobster, mahi mahi etc etc..
After about two months living back in Wisconsin, I made some with perch. Their great!!
IMO the key is raw cabbage instead of lettuce.
If I use cheese, it's goat cheese.
Fried or soft corn tortillas with tomatoes, raw cabbage, tartar, and hot sauce.
I use any fish now ( - trout,and salmon) Fried w/ or w/o breading. Try cod or shrimp!!
TRY IT!!!!!!!! OK back to archery! :p
There is a place in Fort Worth (The Rock Fish) that use flour tortillas and serve as a warp.
I agree the cabbabe is key.
Go bowfishing! :D
Absolutely spectacular...
Just used this recipe on some bullhead catfish I got yesterday. Probably going to be the only way I eat fish for a some time. And I'll agree to what everyone else is saying here...cabbage is the ticket...
But for those lucky enough to be bowfishing gar or other palatable rough fish, this is the recipe to remember...
Instead or the tarter and hot sauce try this out.
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 lime juiced
1 jalapeno minced
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon dill weed
1 teaspoon cayenne
Mix it all up
I love fish tacos and this makes them so much better. Try it youll love it.
I may have missed it somewhere, but what is the recipe? I see the one for the sauce but how do you prepare the fish?
Aaron
It just seems to be fried, according to Bright Arrow. I fried mine in nothing more than a bit of butter, salt, and pepper. Good stuff...
Fry the fish or I like it grilled with some favorite seasonings on it.
The fish can be coated and fried, fried in butter, or grilled. It goes into a corn tortilla, with shredded fresh cabbage, and usually a white sauce. Options are cilantro, fresh salsa, crumbled fresh cheese. The beauty is in its' simplicity, too much and lose what is great about it. Soft corn tortilla, hot freah fish, crisp cabbage, and cool sauce.
I like to blacken talapia for fish tacos. Chef Pauls Blackened Redfish Magic, is the way to go.
I love fish tacos...I have used fried flounder, grilled as well as blackened striper and cobia, walleye, and rainbow trout. I like to put spanish rice or cajun dirty rice, then the fish and top that with cheese and hot sauce. Thats the quick and easy recipe. This works pretty well when you have a limited cooking area such as a camp or on a boat.
Another tasty (and slightly healthier) way to do it is put the fish on a bed of cabbage, lettuce or baby spinach then add cheese and black beans. Its one of my favorite ways to eat fish. I always keep plenty of the soft taco sized tortillas around the house.
Being from San Diego where they originated, there is only ONE proper way to make a Baja Fish Taco!
Corona or Modelo beer batter.
Cod
Cabbage
Hot "tartar" sauce
Soft Corn Tortillas
and you must....MUST squeeze a lime wedge on top. This is non negotiable!!
I really want some now. =0(
Yum.
man, since i read this last week im diein to try it... sounds awesome!! i think im gonna buy some catfish, and try that..
gaff
Had my first fish taco in San Diego, they are great, Have not made my own yet but will try Gizzard's sauce.
The first time I had them was in San Felepe a little fishing village in Baja. Now anytime I get the chance I eat fish this way. I haven't tried it with gar but I may this spring. Oh and the cabbage is key.
Lucas
I've eaten 'em made of lots of different fish, I liked 'em all! Next batch will be with Gizzard's recipe.
I tried em' with Gizzards sauce and it's awesome !!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Gaff:
man, since i read this last week im diein to try it... sounds awesome!! i think im gonna buy some catfish, and try that..
gaff
Thank GOD you are too far away from me. ANYONE who uses catfish for fish tacos should be shot! YUUUUUK!!!!
They are a delicacy....LOL!
Coat bite sized fish chunks in egg, roll them in seasoned mashed potato buds (the finer the better)and fry.
Everyone's got a little different way, most are pretty dang good
Born and raised eating them.
Mucho Gusto!
Striper make good fish tacos as well.
Makes easy camp food. Fresh fish off the grill, Corn Tortillas wrapped in tin foil and heated on the Coleman Stove or grill, precut Cabbage, Cilantro, Med to Hot Salsa, squeeze of lime and a cold Beer fresh out of the ice chest. Yep, goes real well above 8000' after a long day on your feet.
We love fish tacos as well. It is the only reason I keep bass. We do use all types of fish however and I bet cobia does make great tacos. I will try the cabage this week. However, if I ever purchased catfish my grandpa would turn over in his grave. That man could catch a catfish in a road ditch!
Bump up an old thread.
My goal this Summer is to master grilled fish taco's on the BBQ.
I'm looking for a good, heart smart sauce to put on the taco's. I see some listed with yogurt as the base. I've been playing around with Greek pineapple yogurt with Sriracha chili sauce. It's pretty good. I'm going to try Sriracha with mango yogurt.
The recipe on page 1 with fat free mayo as a sub may work too.
Having heart/cholesterol issue's, I'm looking for low fat options for the sauce. I also want a little kick. Nothing too hot however, because kids will also be eating. Anyone use any?
As for store bought fish on the grill, what's the best fish for fish taco's where it holds together better as opposed to falling apart?
Thanks in advance.
That is a tough question
Some people use inexpensive Costco Salmon, but it is not my favorite in taco's ymmv
Southern California's typical fish taco's are
Rock fish/Halibut/Shark/White Sea bass those are my favorites.
Mahi mahi, Ono, Ahi, Albacore are very good but have been priced out of being used as taco filler's (unless its yesterdays fresh lol)
See a lot of Tilapia, Baasra tacos now, because those are inexpensive freshwater "sustainable" fish, and I live in a politically correct area.
They work pretty well even for a fish snob like me
I live on the ocean, so my choices are different than most
My last taco was a smoked Albacore (fresh caught local fish) from a little town north of me called Cayucos, holy smokes one of the best I have ever eaten.
I think I threw off the hunting community with the words "heart smart". :D ;)
Low fat often isn't what many think when making certain dishes, but the stents in my heart make me look for healthier options whenever possible. But I still like to cook, eat and enjoy great foods. So sometimes you have to invent your own recipes.
Tilapia is easy to get frozen. We often have lots of people over by the pool in the Summer, so I'm looking for good and cheap vs best and expensive. I could be making taco's for up to 15-20 people.
I use grilled catfish chunks ! with all the nasty red and brown stuff trimmed off of course !! i use a griddle on the stove and add butter and some cajun blackened seasoning. cook until firm and put in hot flour tortillas with the sauce mentioned on page one, with some ranch salad dressing added to it. Then add shredded cabbage and either pineapple salsa or peach mango salsa. They are spectacular !!! I tried all this about a year ago when iread the thread, and have been tweaking it every since. Friends and family rave about them !! Pretty much got the whole recipe from this thread !! Way to go fellow Tradgangers !!
Halibut works great.
Alright, this sounds too good. I plan on frying up some blue cat at the next trad shoot, and doing this!!!
Thanks!
Did a trial run on these with cabbage, cilantro, corn tortillas,lime wedge, and most importantly; Gizzards sauce.
Will be doing these again...unreal.