Pacos Fish Tacos in Lettuce Wraps
- Cooking spray
- 2 pounds halibut or grouper fillets
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Bibb or green leaf lettuce leaves, for wrapping
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
- 1 cup cilantro leaves (stems removed)
- 3 sprigs fresh mint
- 3 tablespoons grainy mustard
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) (eyeball it)
- 1 lime
- Hot sauce, such as Tabasco
- 1/2 red onion, finely chopped
- Heat a grill pan or nonstick skillet over high heat.
- Spray the pan with cooking spray.
- Place the fish on the grill pan, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until opaque.
- Transfer to a serving plate.
- Arrange the lettuce leaves on a platter.
- Place the jalapeno in a food processor with the cilantro, mint, mustard, and vinegar.
- Turn on the processor and stream in the EVOO, then season the sauce with salt and pepper.
- Break the fish into chunks and squeeze lime juice over the fish.
- Add a few dashes of hot sauce.
- Pile the fish in lettuce leaves and top each taco with the jalapeno cilantro sauce and chopped red onions.
cooking spray, grouper, salt, green leaf, jalapeno, cilantro, mint, grainy mustard, red wine vinegar, extravirgin olive oil, lime, sauce, red onion
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/paco-s-fish-tacos-in-lettuce-wraps-374701 (may not work)