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20 August 2010

{fish tacos w/ spicy red cabbage + a cool white sauce}


This easy recipe delivers on taste!!!  In fact, Mister made me promise to make this again soon. Here's what I did....I used cod (but any hearty white fish could work). As I love bringing the flavors of all the dishes together, I pulled the spices from the red cabbage slaw below.  On each fillet, I sprinkled a bit of oregano, cumin, chili powder, garlic, salt and pepper and then dusted with a bit of flour. Then I put it in a hot, hot skillet with a bit of oil and cooked until golden and delicious.  As for the rest...

 white sauce:
1/2 C plain yogurt
1/2 C mayo
1 lime - juiced
1 jalapeño - minced
1 tsp capers - minced
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp dill weed
1 tsp cayenne pepper


*Combine and refrigerate until needed.  Best if made in advance, as it will have time to 'firm up' in the fridge.
 
spicy red cabbage slaw:



1/4 red cabbage, thinly sliced or shredded
1/8 tsp dried oregano
1/8 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
juice of 2 limes {one and a half....if super juicy}
hot pepper sauce, to taste

*Combine and refrigerate until needed.


The fish tacos are perfectly piled, as such: white corn tortillas, some of the red cabbage, perfectly moist fish, white sauce and a bit of cilantro.  Miam. Miam. {Yum!}

As I mentioned before, I'm a firm believer in serving complimentary side dishes.  And particularly bringing similar flavors across the plate.  So, as for what to serve with these tacos..I made a cold mexican salad: diced tomato, avocado, red onion, cilantro and a bit of lime juice.  (It's great eaten as a fork or dipped up with chips.)

Happy foodie friday lovelies and Bon Appétit ! ;)

xx,
Tal

6 comments:

bronwyn said...

This looks so good! We were on a taco kick here a while back, but I found them a little boring - black beans and cheese. That sauce sounds and slaw sound like just the thing. And by the way, of course you may post the cold remedy any time you like. :)

jennifer lee said...

Sounds SO good!! We just got fresh halibut from AK from the family, and LOVE fish tacos...so will definitely try this!

Couture Carrie said...

Delicious, darling!

xoxox,
CC

jules @ The Diversion Project said...

man that looks good. wish i had the inclination to cook more!

annechovie said...

Wow, great recipe - looks tasty. Hope you are well! xx

Anonymous said...

I'm hungry for all of these at 7 a.m. Sunday morning. :) Have a lovely day ~ xox Alexandra

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