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Baja Fish Tacos

I just can't justify the cost of tacos in a restaurant, particularly here in the UK. £10 for 2? No thanks. Particularly when you can make them at home like this. I genuinely believe I have discovered the best batter recipe for fried fish, with the inclusion of tequila which evaporates at light speed, giving you the crispiest goujons you'll ever have.

Prep

10m

Cook

10m

Total

20m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

1.

Add the sliced red onion to a bowl with the lime juice and a pinch of salt. Scrunch together with your hands and leave to pickle whilst everything else cooks.

1 Red onion

2 Lime

1 pinch Salt

For the slaw

1.

Toss together the white cabbage, coriander, lime juice and a pinch of salt.

1/4 White cabbage

1 handful Coriander

1 Lime

Salt

2.

Mix together the sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, garlic and a pinch of salt to make the crema.

150 g Sour cream

2 tbsp Mayonnaise

1 Lime

1 Garlic clove

Salt

3.

Fill a deep pan around halfway with vegetable oil and bring it up to 180C.

Vegetable oil

4.

In a bowl, whisk together the plain flour, cornflour, baking powder, smoked paprika, cumin, garlic powder and salt. Pour in the sparkling water and Altos Plata tequila and whisk until smooth. The batter should be about the consistency of double cream.

150 g Plain flour

50 g Cornflour

1 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Smoked paprika

1 tsp Ground cumin

1 tsp Garlic powder

1 tsp Fine salt

330 ml Sparkling water

50 ml Tequila

5.

Dust the fish strips lightly in flour, then dip into the batter and carefully lower into the hot oil.

600 g Firm white fish

6.

Fry for 3–4 minutes until deeply golden and crisp, then drain onto a wire rack or kitchen paper and season immediately with salt.

7.

Warm the corn tortillas in a dry frying pan or directly over a flame for a few seconds each side.

Corn tortillas

8.

Build the tacos with the crema first, then slaw, crispy fish, pickled onions, coriander, hot sauce and a squeeze of lime.

Hot sauce

Lime wedges

Fresh coriander

For

4

M

I

For the fish:

600

g

Firm white fish, cut into strips (haddock/pollock)

150

g

Plain flour, plus extra for dusting

50

g

Cornflour

1

tsp

Baking powder

1

tsp

Smoked paprika

1

tsp

Ground cumin

1

tsp

Garlic powder

1

tsp

Fine salt

330

ml

Sparkling water, ice cold

50

ml

Tequila

Vegetable oil, for frying

For the slaw:

1/4

White cabbage, very finely sliced

1

handful

Coriander, chopped

1

Lime, juice of

Salt

For the pickled onions:

1

Red onion, finely sliced

2

Lime, juice of

1

pinch

Salt

For the crema:

150

g

Sour cream

2

tbsp

Mayonnaise

1

Lime, juice of

1

Garlic clove, small, grated

Salt

To serve:

Corn tortillas

Lime wedges

Hot sauce

Fresh coriander

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Baja Fish Tacos

I just can't justify the cost of tacos in a restaurant, particularly here in the UK. £10 for 2? No thanks. Particularly when you can make them at home like this. I genuinely believe I have discovered the best batter recipe for fried fish, with the inclusion of tequila which evaporates at light speed, giving you the crispiest goujons you'll ever have.

Prep

10m

Cook

10m

Total

20m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

1.

Add the sliced red onion to a bowl with the lime juice and a pinch of salt. Scrunch together with your hands and leave to pickle whilst everything else cooks.

1 Red onion

2 Lime

1 pinch Salt

For the slaw

1.

Toss together the white cabbage, coriander, lime juice and a pinch of salt.

1/4 White cabbage

1 handful Coriander

1 Lime

Salt

2.

Mix together the sour cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, garlic and a pinch of salt to make the crema.

150 g Sour cream

2 tbsp Mayonnaise

1 Lime

1 Garlic clove

Salt

3.

Fill a deep pan around halfway with vegetable oil and bring it up to 180C.

Vegetable oil

4.

In a bowl, whisk together the plain flour, cornflour, baking powder, smoked paprika, cumin, garlic powder and salt. Pour in the sparkling water and Altos Plata tequila and whisk until smooth. The batter should be about the consistency of double cream.

150 g Plain flour

50 g Cornflour

1 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Smoked paprika

1 tsp Ground cumin

1 tsp Garlic powder

1 tsp Fine salt

330 ml Sparkling water

50 ml Tequila

5.

Dust the fish strips lightly in flour, then dip into the batter and carefully lower into the hot oil.

600 g Firm white fish

6.

Fry for 3–4 minutes until deeply golden and crisp, then drain onto a wire rack or kitchen paper and season immediately with salt.

7.

Warm the corn tortillas in a dry frying pan or directly over a flame for a few seconds each side.

Corn tortillas

8.

Build the tacos with the crema first, then slaw, crispy fish, pickled onions, coriander, hot sauce and a squeeze of lime.

Hot sauce

Lime wedges

Fresh coriander

For

4

M

I

For the fish:

600

g

Firm white fish, cut into strips (haddock/pollock)

150

g

Plain flour, plus extra for dusting

50

g

Cornflour

1

tsp

Baking powder

1

tsp

Smoked paprika

1

tsp

Ground cumin

1

tsp

Garlic powder

1

tsp

Fine salt

330

ml

Sparkling water, ice cold

50

ml

Tequila

Vegetable oil, for frying

For the slaw:

1/4

White cabbage, very finely sliced

1

handful

Coriander, chopped

1

Lime, juice of

Salt

For the pickled onions:

1

Red onion, finely sliced

2

Lime, juice of

1

pinch

Salt

For the crema:

150

g

Sour cream

2

tbsp

Mayonnaise

1

Lime, juice of

1

Garlic clove, small, grated

Salt

To serve:

Corn tortillas

Lime wedges

Hot sauce

Fresh coriander

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