Best Recipe for Baja's Fish Tacos
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 red salmon fillet, skinned, boned, and cut into 2-inch strips
- Beer Batter, recipe follows
- Salt
- 4 to 6 flour tortillas
- 1 cup shredded cabbage
- Chipotle Mayonnaise, recipe follows
- Tomatillo Salsa, recipe follows
- 3/4 cup white flour
- Dash yellow mustard
- Beer to make batter consistency of pancake batter
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 or 2 smoked, canned chipotle chiles
- 1 cup chopped canned or fresh tomatillo
- 1/4 cup chopped canned or fresh jalapeno peppers
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- 1/4 cup canned green chiles
Instructions
- Heat a heavy skillet with 1/2-inch vegetable oil until hot, not smoking. Dip fish in batter to coat evenly, and lay fish strips in pan, not touching. Cook until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes. Turn and cook until golden. Drain on paper towels and season with salt, to taste. Heat a dry cast iron or heavy skillet and warm flour tortillas until heated. Assemble tortillas by layering fish, cabbage, mayonnaise, and salsa.
- Stir together until incorporated.
- Put ingredients in a bowl and mix.
- Process ingredients together, and then simmer over medium high heat until just boiling. Serve warm. If using fresh ingredients, simmer until cooked.
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