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Fish Tacos with Grits Recipe

 ·  ☕ 4 min read  ·  ✍️ Alejandro Cortez

Fish Tacos with Grits
Fish Tacos with Grits

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, fish tacos with grits. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Test cook Bryan Roof and host Bridget Lancaster reveal the secrets to making a Southern California classic, Smoked Fish Tacos. Well, these are the end-all be-all. Read on to see what makes these tacos so special. The fish—we use cod , but any flaky variety works—marinates in a mixture of lime juice, chili powder, and cumin that will become your standard. (Seriously, steak or chicken marinated in this will also taste.

Fish Tacos with Grits is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Fish Tacos with Grits is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fish tacos with grits using 43 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Fish Tacos with Grits:
  1. Take Grits————–
  2. Get 1/2 stick butter divided
  3. Prepare 2 cup grits
  4. Get 8 cups water
  5. Make ready As needed hot sauce your favorite optional added individually
  6. Take 1 teaspoon salt
  7. Get Fish———————
  8. Get 2 pounds Swai Fish
  9. Make ready 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  10. Get 3/4 cup self-rising cornbread mix
  11. Prepare 1/3 cup cornstarch
  12. Get 2 teaspoon ground cumin
  13. Get 1 teaspoon salt
  14. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  15. Take Slaw——————–
  16. Prepare 1 pound shredded coleslaw mix
  17. Get 1/2 teaspoon sesame seed oil
  18. Take 1/4 cup honey
  19. Take 1-1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  20. Prepare Avocado—————-
  21. Take 1 tablespoon diced onions
  22. Get 1/4 cup lemon juice or lime juice
  23. Get 1 large Hass avocado
  24. Get 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  25. Take 1/3 teaspoon chopped cilantro
  26. Make ready 1 teaspoon chopped parsley flakes
  27. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
  28. Get 1/3 teaspoon onion powder
  29. Prepare Gravy————————
  30. Make ready 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  31. Take 3/4 stick butter
  32. Get 2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  33. Make ready 15 ounce can evaporated milk
  34. Take 1 cup milk
  35. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  36. Prepare Tortillas—————————
  37. Take 2 cup all purpose flour
  38. Prepare 1 tablespoon baking powder
  39. Make ready 2 tablespoons lard
  40. Get 1 cup water
  41. Get As needed lard to grease the pan
  42. Get Oil——————
  43. Take As needed vegetable oil to fry in

Your family will love this Mexican favorite! Baja style fish tacos are a regional style of taco found in San Diego and the Baja region of Mexico, just south of San Diego. Grilling fish fillets is tricky business. First, there’s the inevitable sticking issue.

Steps to make Fish Tacos with Grits:
  1. Mix the ingredients for the tortillas.
  2. Boil the water with the salt. Slowly pour the grits into the boiling water. When the grits are almost done add the rest of the butter. Cover and let sit undisturbed for 15 minutes minimum.
  3. Knead into a ball. Let rest for 12 minutes. Then form 9 golf size balls.
  4. Take wax paper and oil then lightly flour the wax paper. Press each ball till the dough is flattened.
  5. Repeat again.
  6. Set wax paper on top
  7. Flatten it out if you don’t have a tortilla press the you can use two pan bottoms.
  8. Grease the pan and heat. Also heat the oil for frying.
  9. Add the flatten dough.
  10. Turn as needed.
  11. When done move to paper towels. Repeat till done.
  12. Mix the flour, cornbread mix, and cornstarch together. Season the fish. Fry in the hot oil.
  13. Turn the fish as needed
  14. When done move to paper towels to absorb excessive amounts of oil. Repeat till done.
  15. Melt the butter
  16. Add the garlic mix well.
  17. Add the flour and cook the flour in the butter.
  18. Add the milk stirring constantly till it’s thickened the way you want.
  19. Scoop out the avocado and mash it up and mix all the ingredients together.
  20. Mix the coleslaw ingredients together.
  21. It’s ready.
  22. Spread some of the avocado mixture on the tortillas.
  23. Add some fish.
  24. Add slaw then the gravy
  25. Serve I hope you enjoy!!
  26. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Grilling fish fillets is tricky business. First, there’s the inevitable sticking issue. Second, it’s really hard to nail that just-cooked-through-but-not-yet-dry texture. Instead of attempting fish fillets, try grilling that fish whole—and, once you do, put it to work in some tacos. These colorful fish tacos are Mexican-restaurant-tasty.

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