Grilled Fish Tacos with Citrus Slaw
- 2 1/4 cups homemade or store bought hot red or green salsa
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 thick (1 1/2-inch) mahi mahi fillets or swordfish or shark steaks (about 2 pounds total)
- 1 1/2 cups com oil
- 25 (5-inch) corn tortillas
- 3/4 cup Lime Cream
- 1 garlic clove, crushed through a press
- 1 medium-large ripe avocado, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
- 1/3 cup diced red onion
- 1/3 cup finely chopped cilantro
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Citrus Slaw
- Mesquite
- In a shallow nonreactive dish, stir together 1 cup of the salsa and 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Add the fish, cover, and marinate at room temperature, turning once or twice, for 1 hour.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, warm the oil.
- With tongs, dip the tortillas one at a time in the hot oil, turn them, and then transfer to paper towels to drain.
- The tortillas should not be in the oil more than a few seconds, and they should not blister or become crisp.
- Set aside at room temperature.
- Combine the lime cream and the garlic and transfer, if desired, to a squeezed bottle.
- Meanwhile, light a direct-heat charcoal fire and let it bum down to medium-hot (5 seconds to ouch) or preheat a gas grill to medium-high.
- Position the grill rack about 6 inches above the heat source.
- When the grill is ready, lift the fish from the marinade (reserve it) and lay the fish on the rack.
- Cover and grill, turning the fish once and basting with the reserved marinade, until the marinade is used up and the fish is just cooked through while remaining moist, about 9 minutes total.
- Transfer to a cutting board.
- Roughly chop the fish and transfer to a bowl.
- Add the avocado, onion, cilantro, 1/4 cup salsa, and salt.
- Toss gently.
- Adjust the seasoning.
- For each taco, stack 2 tortillas on a plate.
- Top each with about 1/3 cup of the fish mixture and about 1/4 cup of the slaw.
- Squirt with lime cream and serve immediately, passing the remaining 1 cup salsa at the table.
olive oil, mahi, com oil, corn tortillas, lime cream, garlic, avocado, red onion, cilantro, salt, mesquite
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/grilled-fish-tacos-with-citrus-slaw (may not work)