Baja Fish Tacos
Crispy beer-battered cod, cabbage slaw and chipotle crema.
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If frying feels like a lot, pan-sear instead: skip the batter, sear cod in 2 tbsp olive oil with chili powder and cumin, 3 min per side. Lighter version, same flavor structure.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 1½ lbcod filletscut into 1x3-inch strips
- 1 cupall-purpose flour
- 1 cupsparkling watercold
- 4 cupsneutral oil for frying
- ¼ headpurple cabbagethinly shredded
- 3lime2 juiced, 1 cut into wedges
- ½ cupMexican crema
- 2chipotle peppers in adobominced
- 1garlic clovegrated
- ¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 12corn tortillas
- 2 tspkosher salt
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 740calories
- 34gprotein
- 66gcarbs
- 38gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Cut cod into 1x3-inch strips. Pat very dry; season lightly with salt.
- Thinly shred 1/4 head purple cabbage.
- Mince 2 chipotle peppers. Grate 1 garlic clove.
- Juice 2 limes; cut the third into wedges. Chop a small handful of cilantro.
Slaw and crema
Toss shredded cabbage with lime juice and a pinch of salt. Whisk crema with chipotle, garlic, lime juice, and a pinch of salt. Set both aside.
4 min · hands onHeat oil
Pour 2 inches of oil into deep skillet. Heat to 375°F (use a thermometer or test with a flick of batter - should sizzle immediately).
8 min · hands offBatter
Whisk flour with 1 tsp salt. Pour in cold sparkling water, whisk to a pancake-batter consistency (lumps are fine). Use immediately.
1 min · hands onFry
Dip cod strips in batter, let excess drip, lower carefully into oil. Fry in batches of 4-5 pieces, 3-4 min, flipping once, until deep golden. Drain on wire rack.
12 min · hands onWarm tortillas
Warm corn tortillas in a dry skillet or over gas, 20-30 sec per side.
3 min · hands onPlate
Top each tortilla with crispy cod, slaw, a drizzle of chipotle crema, cilantro, and a lime wedge.
3 min · hands onMake it yours
Every swap here is one Maui already knows how to make, including what it does to the timing.
Halibut is firmer; fry same time, cut slightly smaller pieces.
Shrimp fry in 2-3 min total; pull when batter is golden. Saves about 3 minutes.
Cook rice and heat beans during fry; serve fish over the bowl. Adds about 5 minutes.
Skip the crema, double the lime.
What keeps
Beer batter doesn't survive fridge - make slaw and crema ahead (3 days), but batter and fry day-of. Reheated fried fish is sad.
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