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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

  1. 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.
  2. Stir together until incorporated.
  3. Put ingredients in a bowl and mix.
  4. 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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