Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Rubio'S Fish Tacos

Category: Mexican

Ingredients and Directions

12 each cod, or favorite whitefish fillets (1-1/2 oz ea)

12 each tortillas, corn, as thick as possible, fresh

1 oil for deep frying

---BEER BATTER---

1 cup flour

1 cup beer

1 garlic powder, to taste

1 pepper, to taste

---WHITE SAUCE---

1/2 cup mayonaise

1/2 cup yogurt

---SALSA---

1 each garlic clove, peeled, minced

6 each tomatoes, ripe, peeled, seeded, diced

1/2 each onion, minced

2 tablespoon cilantro leaves, chopped, stems removed

2 each jalapeno chiles, seeded, chopped

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

---GARNISH---

1 each cabbage, green, shredded

1 each lime, cut into wedges

Mix flour with favorite spices such as garlic powder, red or black ground pepper. Stir the flour mixture into the beer and mix until well blended. Wash fish by dipping in cold, lightly salted water or water with a little bit of lemon juice added. Be sure fish is completely dry before dipping into batter. Prepare salsa; reserve. Put the vegetable oil into a deep skillet and bring to 375 F. Place fish in a single layer -do not let pieces touch each other. Cook fish until batter is crispy and golden brown. Heat corn tortillas lightly in a skillet or Mexican comal until they are soft and hot. To assemble, on each tortilla layer the fish fillet, white sauce, salsa and cabbage. Top it off with a squeeze of lime. Fold tortilla over to serve.