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Summer is Here! Eat a Fish Taco.

5/25/2012

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To celebrate Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial kick-off to summer, and to tip my hat to the end of National Barbecue Month, I thought I’d quickly share one of my favorite tastes of summer:  Fish Tacos!

Having spent a fair amount of time in California, and being a connoisseur of fine street foods from across the globe, I’ve tasted a wide range of fish tacos in my day.  And while I’ve never had a bad one, I have lifted a few things from
some of my favorite various takes through the years.  I like this recipe for a variety of reasons, particularly since the fish is grilled and not fried, and its quick and easy to throw on the grill.

Here goes:

Tilapia or other whitefish fillets (quantity based on who’s eating)
Burrito-size tortillas
Cabbage, sliced
Mango Salsa (The fresher the better, pineapple salsa also works quite nicely)
Fresh lime wedges
Fresh cilantro
Tobasco or preferred hot sauce to taste

Take a sheet of aluminum foil and roll up the edges about an inch to prevent any juices from spilling off the sheet.  Lightly oil the sheet with olive oil, and place the fillets directly on the foil.  Squeeze fresh limejuice over the fillets, and place on top rack of covered grill.  Cook for about 5 minutes until fish is cooked, but still moist.

Place one fillet (two if small) directly on tortilla.  Throw some sliced cabbage on top of fish along with a few healthy spoonfuls of the salsa.  Squeeze another fresh lime wedge over top, sprinkle on some fresh cilantro, and you are good to go.

Serve up with a nice cold IPA (Victory HopDevil or Anderson Valley IPA are my favorites), kick back and enjoy!

Happy Summer everyone!
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Anna link
5/25/2012 12:14:07 pm

While we were never fortunate enough to make it to a real fish taco stand when we went to San Diego, we did stop at the fish market for some....shark! It made awesome fish tacos- much the same recipe as yours, but with corn tortillas instead.

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Clark link
5/26/2012 12:52:05 am

San Diego is Ground Zero for awesomeness when it comes to Fish Tacos. The Shark sounds great. I'll bet that was tasty. Did you go to that large Philipino fish market? It's a full grocery-store sized market with every type of fresh seafood imaginable. I love that place.

I might have to look into getting some Shark tonight now...

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Dave Marciniak link
5/26/2012 11:57:11 am

Man, Clark, I'm jonesing for a fish taco now! I may just have to make some this week. When I first moved to San Diego I thought "fish taco" sounded weird, but one bite and I was a convert,

If you want to go the wine route, a vino verde would go great with these, especially if you put some heat in the salsa. Mmm, good stuff!

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Clark link
5/26/2012 11:55:21 pm

Now you've done it to me Dave. I may have to go out and get some vino verde this week.

Community effort here, we'll use my recipe with Anna's shark suggestion and your vino verde!!

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