Fish Tacos With Salsa And Pineapple Crema

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ripe mango, diced
• 1/2 cup thinly shredded purple cabbage
• 20 ounces pineapple chunks in heavy syrup, well drained and chopped (save the syrup)
• 2 roma or 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 of a green bell pepper, chopped
• 1/3 cup finely chopped maui sweet onion (or vidalia)
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped fine
• juice of one lime
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• the syrup from a 20 oz. can pineapple chunk
• 16 ounces sour cream
• canola oil, for frying***
• 3 lbs fresh fish fillets
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
• 1 teaspoon dried chipotle powder
• 1 teaspoon fresh finely ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 8 -12 soft corn (your choice, we like corn) or 8 -12 flour tortillas (your choice, we like corn)
• shredded iceberg lettuce
• 2 avocados, cut into chunks
• coarse sea salt
• lemon and lime wedge

Recipe

• 1 make the salsa in advance:.
• 2 combine everything in a large bowl. mix well. transfer to glass canning jars or another glass container with a lid. cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 3 make the pineapple crema in advance:.
• 4 place the syrup and sour cream in a bowl, whisk until smooth. transfer to a squeeze bottle and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 5 combine all of the breading ingredients in a large, shallow bowl. lightly coat the fish fillets and fry them in hot canola oil*** for a couple minutes (just until cooked through and golden.) transfer to a plate and cover with foil while you get your other ingredients ready to go.
• 6 ***you can try frying the fish in equal amounts of butter and olive oil for a completely wonderful experience…but watch that fish very closely so it doesn’t burn. clarify the butter in advance to keep it from smoking.
• 7 to serve: warm the tortillas in the microwave, between paper towels, for 20 seconds (only do a few tortillas at a time.).
• 8 place the tortillas on a plate, pile on the lettuce, fried fish, avocado, salsa, crema, a sprinkle of coarse salt and a squeeze of lemon and/or lime. (in that order.) serve immediately.