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No. 0257 Mexican Free recipe

Beer-Battered Fish Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Crunchy beer-battered fish tucks into warm flour tortillas with shredded cabbage, tomato strips, red onion, cilantro and drizzles of lime crema. A bowl of bright pineapple salsa on the side brings sweet, tangy heat. These are the taco night crowd-pleaser, ready faster than takeout arrives.

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Two battered fish tacos with tomato, red onion, cabbage, cilantro and crema beside pineapple salsa
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Prep
25 min
Cook
15 min
Total
40 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy

Method 6 steps

  1. Stir the pineapple, jalapeno, half the cilantro, a spoon of red onion and a pinch of salt into a salsa and set aside.

  2. Heat the oil to 365 F. Whisk the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt with the cold beer until just smooth.

  3. Season the fish, dust in flour, dip into the batter and fry in batches 3 to 4 minutes, turning once, until puffed and golden brown. Drain on a rack.

  4. Warm the tortillas in a dry skillet for 20 seconds per side.

  5. Layer each tortilla with cabbage, fish, tomato strips and red onion, then drizzle with lime crema and scatter the remaining cilantro.

  6. Serve two tacos per plate with the pineapple salsa on the side.

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