Catch & Cook – Pan Seared Mahi Fish Tacos

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Catch & Cook – Pan Seared Mahi Fish Tacos

Okay, so I’ve proven you one method to prepare dinner up the extremely fast-growing, colourful, and scrumptious mahi mahi, right here’s one other one. Mahi Fish Tacos is a scrumptious possibility for utilizing smaller items of mahi mahi from south of the border. Whereas among the fish we caught off the weed line on the other side of the Gulf Stream have been bigger mahi, we did get a couple of smaller items that produced thinner fillets. That are good to season up and sear up actual fast in a scorching pan for tacos. This recipe is a bit more concerned than the Mahi Matecumbe, provided that you make it this manner. You don’t need to make each of the toppings I do right here however I do advocate you do it.

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Mahi Fish Tacos Elements

Mahi Fillets reduce into finger-sized items
Corn Tortillas
3 tomatillos
1 bunch of Cilantro
2 Serrano Pepper
1 Onion
1 Avocado
Cabbage
4 limes
1 purple onion
White Wine Vinegar
Oregano
White Pepper
Creole Seasoning
Salt & Pepper

The very first thing we have to make is the Guacamole Salsa. That is totally different than the guacamole you’re most likely aware of, the principle ingredient in that is tomatillo as a substitute of straight avocado. So it’s thinner in consistency and extra vibrant in style. Begin off by taking a torch to the tomatillos and serrano pepper, you need to char the surface like this for the very best taste. Should you don’t have a torch simply put in on a gasoline burner. Should you don’t have both you may skip this step, whereas not optimum it is going to nonetheless work with out the char.

Subsequent, take all of the charred veg and place them in a small saucepan of boiling water and simply boil them on excessive for the following 10-Quarter-hour till they’re all cooked via. You may inform when they’re completed when the colour turns right into a extra muted inexperienced over the entire tomatillo.

As soon as the tomatillos and serrano are completed, pop them right into a blender. There add in the entire peeled onion, halved. A fistful of cilantro, the avocado, a lime’s value of juice, and salt and pepper. Then mix all of that collectively until clean. Regulate it to your style as you go, including in additional lime, salt, and cilantro as wanted. As soon as it’s at the place you prefer it put it away in an hermetic container within the fridge for later. This salsa might be good for a few week.

Subsequent topping to prep is the pickled purple onions, thinly slice one complete purple onion and place them right into a container. Then take 1/2 of a deseeded serrano pepper and cube it up finely. Then add that into the container as effectively. Add in some white pepper, notice white pepper is totally different from black pepper. The flavour is extra pungent and fewer floral.

Juice the 2 limes right into a bowl, add in 1 teaspoon of salt, 1tsp of oregano, and three tablespoons of white wine vinegar. Combine until the salt is dissolved. Pour it over the purple onions then combine the onions until all of it’s coated within the pickling brine. Put away within the fridge until later.

Now the salsa and pickled onions are completed being prepped, begin prepping the fish for the mahi fish tacos. Lower the fillets into about finger-sized items, that means they’ll be a very good measurement to suit contained in the tortilla later. As soon as the fish is all reduce to measurement, season it up with no matter seasoning you want, I simply went with Outdated Trustworthy creole seasoning. Put the fish apart to let the salt work its means in. Subsequent end up the prep for the mahi fish tacos, thinly slice up some cabbage, reduce the limes into wedges, and chop up some extra cilantro. When you end that up you can begin cooking up your fish.

I’m doing nothing fancy right here, simply fry them up in a pan until properly seared. As soon as they’re completed pull them out and place on a warmed plate. When cooking the mahi don’t overcrowd the pan, you’ll drop it’s temperature an excessive amount of and never produce a very good sear. If you are cooking the fish have one other pan on the facet toasting up the corn tortillas as you go. Should you actually can’t stand corn tortillas you should utilize flour tortillas, however I decide you for that. If utilizing corn tortillas go two tortillas per taco, if flour use just one tortilla per taco.

Now that the Mahi is all completed you may assemble your tacos, place the fish down on the tortillas first then add the whole lot you need on prime. Whereas I didn’t point out it earlier, a little bit of crema(kinda like Mexican bitter cream/creme fraiche) and crumbled queso fresco can be a terrific topping selection. Upon getting all of your Mahi fish tacos assembled serve with some tortilla chips, extra of the guacamole salsa, and a pleasant Mexican beer.