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Tropical Fiesta Fish Tacos
Ingredients
½ cup pineapple juice
½ cup fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon smoked salt
1 tablespoon sea salt
4 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
6 garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
2 pounds fresh marlin, salmon or other meaty fish like mahi mahi or tuna (the ‘steak’ fish – shark would work too)
6 (6-inch) flour or corn tortillas, warm
½ a red onion, half mooned and sliced super thin
splash of hot sauce
Directions
- Combine pineapple juice, lime juice, salt, 3 tablespoons cilantro, garlic, a splash of your favourite hot sauce and pepper. Mix well.
- Pour this mixture over the fish and let marinate for up 24 hours (but if you can only do a couple of hours that works too – it just doesn’t penetrate as much to give that delicious flavour).
- Remove the fish from the marinade and place on well oiled grill (skin side down in the case of salmon) and grill or sauté the fish until done (see times below).
- Remove from heat, rest and then chop into 1 inch cubes.
- Place the fish in the tortillas and garnish with cilantro, onion, some crunchy coleslaw and my pineapple avocado salsa with lime crema (recipe below).
MARLIN
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Allow about 10 minutes of total cooking time for each inch of the steaks thickness, turning once during this time
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SALMON
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Allow 7-8 minutes per inch of thickness of the salmon fillet
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TUNA
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Allow about 4 minutes of total cooking time for each inch of the steaks thickness, turning once during this time for rare, and 10 minutes of total cooking time for medium.
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MAHI MAHI
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Allow about 12 minutes of total cooking time for each inch of the steaks thickness, turning once during this time
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SHARK
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Allow about 10 minutes of total cooking time for each inch of the steaks thickness, turning once during this time.
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Lime Crema
Ingredients
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
1 teaspoon lime juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ teaspoon smoked salt
2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
Directions:
- Whisk together everything but the smoked salt and cilantro.
- Season with sea salt.
- garnish with the cilantro
