Fresh Fish Tacos

This recipe was actually more of an impromptu recipe, that was inspired by a trip to the farmers market with two wonderful friends of mine.  At UCI, every saturday morning UTC hosts a farmer's market with great produce and all sorts of goodies including fresh seafood.  When i first made this recipe, I was still a freshman in the dorms and I remember taking any chance I got to cook in an upperclassman's apartment.  So as I was walking around the farmer's market, I found inspiration from one of the fish mongers who tried to sell these great looking sole filets at discounted price.  I bought the fish and decided to make a fresher-tasting fish taco that wasn't battered and deep-fried like u would find at say Rubio's, but rather fish easily grilled to perfection to really capture the taste of fresh fish and make it a lighter meal.  Please enjoy.  Cook.Eat.Love.Smile. 

04.30.11: Fresh Fish Tacos 

Fresh Fish Tacos

2 Sole Fish Filets (any white fish will work)

6 small tortillas

1 cup of Mexican cheese blend (or favorite cheese)

1 cup of shredded lettuce

2 tomatoes

½ large onion or 1 medium onion

3 cloves of garlic

1 stalk of green onion

½ tbsp of basil

¼ tbsp black pepper

¼ tbsp salt

Prep-work:

1.     Dice the tomatoes with the juicy insides

2.     Dice the onion

3.     Mince the garlic, chop the green onion

4.     Sprinkle the pepper, salt, basil on both sides of the fish filets

Procedure:

1.     Heat non-stick pan with a little oil to medium – medium high

2.     When the pan is hot enough, place the filets and cook about 3 min on each side or cook until you start seeing the filets turn white on both the side on the pan and on the edges of the fish, then flip

3.     Once finished cooking, take the fish off the pan and roughly chop into large chunks of fish

4.     Then take the pan with a light coating of oil and heat to medium high. 

5.     Add the onions and cook until almost translucent

6.     Add the garlic and green onions and cook until fragrant

7.     Then take the mixture off the pan and to the side with the fish

8.     Heat the pan again to medium-high heat without the oil

9.     Add 2-3 tortillas onto the pan depending on the size, but do not allow the tortillas to touch each other. (Cook in batches)

10. Sprinkle cheese and on top of the tortilla and allow to melt slightly

11. Then when melted, take off the heat and build the taco adding the onion/garlic mixture, fish, lettuce, and tomatoes.