Fresh, easy and delicious; these fish tacos are the perfect fall football snack. Chow down on beer-battered Tilapia, crunchy cabbage slaw and spicy chipotle sauce all wrapped in a crispy corn tortilla. The best part, just use the beer you’ve already bought for this weekend’s football festivities to use in your batter.
So grab a taco, beer and enjoy the games. Gooooo Broncos!
Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Chipotle Dressing
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Serves: Serves 4-6
Ingredients
- Ingredients for Fish Tacos:
- 1 cup beer - I used Brooklyn Lager
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1½ pounds boneless tilapia
- Vegetable oil
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 12 to 16 corn tortillas, crisped in a pan
- cilantro
- Lime wedges
- Ingredients for Chipotle Dressing:
- 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
- ½ cup adobo sauce from chipotle pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons lime zest
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Fish Taco Recipe:
- In a bowl, whisk beer, flour, and salt until well blended. Rinse fish and pat dry; cut crosswise into ½ to 1 inch wide strips. Pour 1 inch of oil into a large skillet pan over medium-high heat. With tongs, dip each piece of fish into the beer batter; lift out and let drain briefly. Set fish into the oil, a few pieces at a time, and cook until golden brown. Turn to brown on all sides, 2 to 4 minutes per batch. With a slotted spoon or tongs, transfer to a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Keep warm in a 200° oven while you fry remaining fish.
- To get the tortillas nice and crispy, place in small sauce pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook for about 1 minute, careful not to burn them! Keep warm in foil while you cook the remaining tortillas.
- For the slaw mix together the shredded cabbage, onion, tomato and cilantro. Add a drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of lime juice. To assemble each taco, top one tortilla with a spoonful of the slaw, then one to two pieces of fish and then slather with the chipotle dressing (if you like it spicy). Serve with lime wedges.
- Chipotle Dressing Recipe:
- To make the dressing, combine the sour cream and adobo sauce in a bowl. Stir in the lime juice, lime zest and chili powder. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover, and refrigerate until needed.
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