Baja Chipotle Fish Tacos

Baja Chipotle Fish Tacos


1 pound fresh halibut or tilapia fillet
1 1/4 cup Lawry's Baja Chipotle with Lime juice Marinade
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
12 corn tortillas

For Slaw:
2 to 3 cups coleslaw
1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
1 large tomato, chopped
juice of 1 lime or 2 tbsp bottled lime juice
salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Place fish in a large baking dish or zip lock bag with 3/4 cup marinade. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes or longer. Transfer fish to foil-lined baking sheet or fish basket (if grilling). Discard used marinade. Broil or grill fish, basting with 1/4 cup of marinade, until flesh flakes easily with a fork.

2. While fish is cooking, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, and remaining 1/4 cup of marinade; stir until well blended. In a medium bowl, combine coleslaw, cilantro and tomato; toss to combine. Sprinkle lime juice, salt and peper over coleslaw mixture; toss to combine and refrigerate until ready to serve.

3. Steam tortillas or dip them briefly in hot oil. To serve, spread cream sauce on a tortilla, fill with crumbled fish, and top with coleslaw.

makes 12 tacos

Notes: Unless you are planning on really piling on the sauce, I highly recommend that you cut the sauce in half. Of course, this is assuming that you are feeding 2. It made a tremendous amount, and while it is fabulous, it is hard to use the leftovers when there are no more tacos. I also cut the coleslaw ingredients in half, the first time I made it we had coleslaw leftover for days. The longer it sits the more the lime juice comes through, and it is so sour that you can't eat it. Unless you REALLY like cilantro, I would highly recommend not using one "bunch". Unless my bunch was different than theres, there was so much cilantro that you couldn't taste much of anything else. I would suggest adding a small amount, and then tasting and adjusting accordingly.

I was leary of fish tacos. It was just a little too weird for me. However, our local grocery store is kinda gourment and on the weekends they make recipes and have samples available. So my husband talked me into trying them, and I was plesantly surprised. It's not as fishy as you would think, or as weird either.