After a great lionfish hunting diving experience with friends, we finished the day with some lionfish, just fresh for some great delicious tacos. Feel free to try at home with other fish and let us know how you did 😎🔥
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lionfish (skinned, boned and cleaned) cut into 1-ounce strips
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 2 cups fine panko bread crumbs
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/2 head purple cabbage, finely shredded
- 1 bunch cilantro, leaves picked
- 1 bunch chives, chopped
- 3 limes, cut into wedges for garnish
- Cotija cheese crumbled (optional)
Preparation
Cut the pieces of fish into 1-ounce strips. Set up a cooking station of flour, lightly beaten eggs with water added, and then the seasoned bread crumbs. Season each station with salt and pepper. Dredge the pieces of fish in flour, egg, and then bread crumbs and set aside on a clean dish. Once all the fish is breaded, deep-fry in small batches in (375 degrees F) vegetable oil, and set fish on paper towels on top of a brown paper bag. (Tip: I keep my Whole Foods brown paper bags for this purpose. Great to absorb oil when frying bacon too.) Keep warm until ready to serve.
Serve the tacos family-style where everyone can add as much or as little to their taco as they wish. Assemble the fish in a pile on a plate; the chile sauce in a bowl; the Cotija cheese in a bowl; and the salsa in another. Set a pile of shredded purple cabbage, cilantro leaves, chopped chives and lime wedges next to the fish. Toast the corn tortillas lightly over an open flame, or warm in a skillet and serve.
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