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Three Great Fish Tacos Sauce Recipes!

March 15, 2012 Posted by Chef Michael

Baja fish tacos with a great fish tacos sauce, now that is what I really, really like. You know, I would take baja fish tacos over a steak any day. But then that is just me. Today I thought I follow up my last post on baja fish tacos with three great fish tacos recipes which you might be able to use when you try out your hand with fish tacos.

I have already told you that you can use just about any type of fish for your tacos, but the most common one is white fish or something like cod or pollock. Now this is ok, but white fish is pretty bland.

That is why I recommend that you do not just grill up some fish, but that you season it rather nicely with some herbs and spices to kick it up a bit. Give this a try:

  • chili powder
  • cumin
  • salt
  • black pepper

You want to pat the fish dry so that the seasoning will stick to it. Rub it all over liberally and then you can grill up your fish however you like it. Just do not overcook it.

Then you can add to your fish tacos any extras which you might like. Think about these:

  • cabbage
  • lettuce
  • avocados
  • tomatos
  • slaw
  • salsa

Ok, enough of that. You have your fish and anything else you might want to put on it. Now here comes the sauce. If you are just looking for a basic white fish taco sauce, look no further.

Basic fish taco sauce

  • 1/2 cup mayonaise
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
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Pretty plain if you ask me and I personally would leave that to the old grammas out in Omaha. (No offense to grammas, my wife is one) But I like something with a little more kick. So check this one out:

 

Lime Cilantro Sauce

  • 1 1/2 cup mayonaise
  • 1 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 3 Chipotle peppers which you can get out of the can of Adobo, diced
  • 1 1/2 cups of chopped cilantro
  • juice from one lime
  • 1 TB olive oil

Now if you still need some more heat you can always add some diced jalapeno peppers. Or try a couple of splashes of good hot sauce which you like.

 

 Now here is a great Lime, Cilantro & Green Chili Fish Taco Sauce

 

  • 1/3 cups of mayonaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 TB milk
  • 2 oz. Diced green chilis
  • 2 TB lime juice
  • 1 TB lime zest
  • cumin, to taste
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  • sea salt and craked black pepper to taste
GREEN TACO SAUCE Three Great Fish Tacos Sauce Recipes!

Now, hopefully I have give you some great fish tacos sauce recipes which you can put into your recipe box. You can take these and use them however you like. Maybe mix them up. Maybe take that first one, the one I call the bland one and add a lot of red hot sauce to it and there you go, you have a great basic baja fish taco sauce that you can call your own.
Just  play around with these fish tacos sauce recipes and find one that you and your family likes and then you can serve that when your friends come on over…..or, put out a small dish of all three and let your friends decide which one, or ones they want to try…..I’m just sayin….
But at any rate, enjoy these, they are great baja fish taco sauce recipes!
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Secrets To A Great Fish Taco Recipe

March 8, 2012 Posted by Chef Michael

Going to give you the secrets to a great fish tacos recipe. You can use just about any type of fish you like for your fish tacos. Cod, snapper, white fish, tilapia, mahi, you choose.

Before you do anything you are going to have to prepare a marinade for the fish. Most white fish is rather bland so that is why we are doing this. We are going to impart some great flavor into our fish via the marinade.

Considering that we want to infuse some great flavor into our fish via the marinade, we need to think what those flavors should be. As in all marinades we are going to add oil and vinegar, a sweetener, and then our flavoring agents. The reason I wrote it like that is hopefully to remind you that marinades are very simple things, with just simple ingredients.  Here are some of the flavoring agents which you can use:

 

  • cumin
  • chili powder
  • garlic
  • coriander
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • touch of Old Bay Seasoning (to spice it up a bit)

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 Marinade For Your Fish Tacos Recipe

  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

  • 2 TB fresh lime juice

  • 2 TB white vinegar

  • 2 tsp lime zest

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons honey (orange is great)

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin

  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

  • 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay™

  • salt & black pepper to taste

  • 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste


    Directions For Your Fish Tacos Recipe


    • Mix all the ingrdients for your marinade and then place it in a zip loc bag with your fish and make sure all the fish is coated with it. Zip the bag up and place it in the fridge for about four hours. You do not want to do this too long or the lime and vinegar will start to actually ‘cook’ the fish….and this will turn it mushy.
    • Make sure you spray your 
    • grill really good so your fish does not stick and then you can place your fish on the grill. In this case it is OK to leave the marinade clinging to the fish. You do not need to wipe it off so the fish will be dry because you are not going after grill marks this time. When the fish is done, say about five to six minutes per side, you can break the fish up into chunks and then put however many pieces you like into your hot tortillas along with whatever else you would put on a regular taco. You can add diced avocados, diced tomatoes, cabbage and a nice sauce, a sauce which would go real well with a fish taco recipe. In fact in the next post I will give you a couple of great fish taco sauces which will go really nicely with whatever fish taco recipe you decide to use.


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