Mediterranean Inspired Fish Tacos
- olive oil
- 2 tablespoons finely diced red onion
- 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar, divided
- 3 teaspoons honey, divided
- 2 meyer lemons
- 1/2 cup pitted green olives (of your favorite variety), chopped
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 fennel bulb
- 2 cups shredded red cabbage
- 2 teaspoons whole grain mustard
- sea salt
- 1 1/2 - 2 pounds tilapia or flounder fillets (or any other white fish that you can find wild/locally caught)
- 2 teaspoons hot paprika
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- freshly ground black pepper
- plain yogurt, for serving
- 8 flour tortillas, for serving
- First make the lemon-olive salsa. Stir together the red onion with 2 Tbs. sherry vinegar. Let this sit while you chop the lemons. Remove the ends from each of the meyer lemons, then dice them into small cubes (about 1/8 inch), peel and all. Do remove the seeds, though. When this is finished, whisk 2 tsp. honey and a pinch of salt into the onions. Next whisk in about 1/4 cup olive oil. Stir in the diced meyer lemons, the chopped olives, and the cilantro, and set aside.
- Trim the fennel bulb and thinly slice it. Whisk together 2 Tbs. olive oil, 1 Tbs. sherry vinegar, 1 tsp. honey, 2 tsp. mustard, and 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper. In a large bowl toss the shredded cabbage and the sliced fennel with this dressing. Set aside.
- Rub one side of your fish fillets with the hot paprika and thyme and sprinkle them with some salt and fresh ground pepper. Let them sit 5 minutes. Then, heat about 1-2 Tbs. olive oil in a large frying pan until it is nearly smoking. Add the fish, spiced side down, and fry until just cooked through and flaky.
- Assemble the tacos by filling a tortilla with a couple chunks of fish, a scoop of the cabbage-fennel slaw and a scoop of lemon-olive salsa. Top with a dollop of plain yogurt (and if you happen to have an avocado around, a few slices on a taco go quite nicely). Enjoy!
olive oil, red onion, sherry vinegar, honey, lemons, green olives, fresh cilantro, fennel, shredded red cabbage, grain mustard, salt, flounder, paprika, thyme, freshly ground black pepper, yogurt, flour tortillas
Taken from food52.com/recipes/9454-mediterranean-inspired-fish-tacos (may not work)