Fish Tacos with Tomatillo Avocado Cream

I love fish tacos!  With all my restrictions I thought they were a goner from my diet, but not so!  This is a great summery meal.  Enjoy!  (By the way, I meant to say that I caught not cooked the fish..well I suppose I did both actually. 🙂

Ingredients for two:

4-5 tomatillos

1 large Haas Avocado

Blackened Fish Mixture

Spices: Salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika

Juice of half a lime

4 pieces of white fish of your choice

Olive Oil

Cabbage

Rice tortillas or large butter lettuce leaves

1. Simmer tomatillos in gently boiling water, just enough to cover the tomatillos.  Cook 5-10 minutes or just until gently yielding when pricked with a paring knife.

2. Puree the tomatillos along with a little bit of the cooking liquid, just enough to allow the tomatillos to loosen and puree uniformly. Set aside.

3. Add a portion of the tomatillo puree to one 1 large Hass avocado.  Continue to add the tomatillo puree until the avocado mixture reaches a creamy consistency.  Season with salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, juice of half a lime to taste. (Feel free to add any other seasonings you would normally put in your favorite guacamole. )  Set aside.

4. Pat dry fish of your choice.

5. Sprinkle lightly with fish seasoning

5. Bring pan to medium high heat.  Coat with a couple turns of oil.

6. Add fish to pan and allow to cook undisturbed a couple of minutes per side or until desired firmness is reached.

7. Serve cooked fish, topped with thinly sliced cabbage and avocado cream on a rice tortilla or leaf of Butter Lettuce.  Serve with Erica’s Favorite Rice on the side.   Black beans would be a great addition too!

Erica’s Favorite Rice

In the rice cooker dump:

  • 1 c Jasmine rice
  • 2 3/4 c water
  • 1T olive oil
  • Zest of one clean lime
  • 1 t of salt
  • 1/4 c of green (in this case, green onion)

You can also cook this in a pot, and just follow the ratios for water to rice on the package of rice.

Adapted from Lime Cilantro Rice at Allrecipes.com.

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