Fish Tacos

I finally found a big bluegill factory...these were all caught in about 2 hours on a rubber leg dragon

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yum...yum

You got to be kidding. Seriously? Fish taco's? About as appetizing as a peanut butter covered pork chop along with a tin cup of hot lard. :(

Fish Tacos YUM!



Standard fare in Baja. Southern California too.

Bluegill and Crappie make great fish tacos. Lightly battered and fried. Add a bit of finely shredded cabbage or lettuce, a light white sauce, a few drops of lime juice, some salsa and a bit of avocado and wrap in a soft corn tortilla. Or wrap in a flour tortilla for a burrito. Wash it down with some beer. I don't do well with fried stuff since I developed crohns disease, so I prefer my fish grilled. Hard to grill panfish unless they are fairly substantial in size but we do get some qualifying fish here in the 1-2 lb range.

I had my first fish taco a year and a half ago at the Paia Fish Market in Paia, Maui. That was the best tasting taco I have ever had. JC, if you are ever in Maui, give this place a try. You will love it!

Ok,,, first of all, there is no determinable difference between avocado and Irish Spring soap. None at all. To add the aroma of fish of any sort is an effrontery to the olfactory senses as well as the gut. Some things are best left 'un-fiddled with'. I like taco's. I know what a taco is. And stuffed with fish it ain't. I don't know what it is; but a taco it ain't. :)

Sorry guys, I gotta agree with JC. Fish Tacos??? :p

There is a fast food chain, Taco Del Mar, that sells Fish Tacos, they advertise it like mad on their windows and such.

I hear they are great to eat.


But, somehow I have never gotten up the whatever to go buy one and try it.

Larry :D ---sagefisher---

I'm originally fom Michigan so the Idea of fish tacos sounded awful, but after a trip to californa where I experienced mexican Mahi Mahi fish tacos I am a convert

"Tacos" in most of the US are not anything like those south of the border; if you go by meat dish distribution, Mexican and Central American food is heavy on fish.

Makes for a disconnect when someone says 'fish taco.' Ground fish, refried beans, cheese, lettuce and red salsa does NOT sound appetizing to me, either (YUK! that's nasty) ....BUT-- (no argument from me if you don't like to eat fish in the first place though!).

Perfectly seared cubes of fresh fish, topped with steamed fresh chopped green onions and chilis, on soft little tortillas, garnished with cilantro, a squirt of fresh squeezed lime juice and a dab of white sauce.....don't forget the fresh-made salsa verde (the green kind)

Forget Taco Bell. Fish tacos are heaven!

DANBOB

Yum...Yum...Yum....

I have to admit that the first time that I heard about them 25 years ago while living in San Diego it sounded hidious to me. But I tried it like Mikey I liked it. Google fish taco recpies some time and you will probably find one that you like. That is if you like fish and Mexican style food.

Greg

Fish Tacos are Awesome. We first had them in Birmingham Alabama. We make them at home now with broiled red snapper or fried Tilapia. We actually talked about having them this weekend.

Heh, opinion is divided on the fish tacos! I am a purist myself, being a big Tex-Mex gourmand. I suppose that they are a bit like Elk Hair Caddis, everyone has their own take on how they are supposed to be made.

But J.C., I'll take all those avocados offa your hands... ;)

As for the bluegills, that is some kind os a sweet day on the water ain't it guys?!

I really want to try fish tacos, I've heard so much about them from several people, and despite the scathing review from my girlfriend who tried them in southern California (and soon after used them as an offering to the porcelain gods), I still think they'd be great...IF you like fish in the first place.

Stupid me, for some reason when I imagined fish tacos at first, somehow, I always imagined that it was raw fish...which kept me away. After trying (and loving) sushi, I'm kinda disappointed they DON'T use raw fish! :D

Fish tacos rock, they are one of my favorite foods ever. I have never tried blue gill but bass are great.

When I lived in SoCal there was (and I'm sure still is) a small chain of Mexican restaraunts called El Taco Nazo. They had all kinds of meats that they put into their food. My buddy wanted to go there after a round of golf and I scoffed at the thought of fish tacos. He agreed to buy lunch and I could do what I liked with the tacos if I didn't like them. They were amazing. The best part is when they opened a place about a two minute walk from my house.
Now that I am in the NW I have a few options for fish tacos and like the Tacos Del Mar that someone else referred to.
Gary

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Originally Posted by J Castwell

Ok,,, I like taco's. I know what a taco is. And stuffed with fish it ain't. I don't know what it is; but a taco it ain't. :)

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JC you are a long way from authentic tacos.
Gary

JC
Could not agree more on the avocado thing... Could not disagree more on the fish taco thing...

We use all sorts of fish, but tonight it is red salmon. The last batch was halibut. Rockfish and lingcod get tossed in there often. We probably do them three times a month or so at home and much more often on the boat.
art

Fish tacos are one of my favs. They're often made with breaded fish, cabbage and a white sauce -- sorta what you'd get in Middle America as a "fisherman's platter": fried fish and cole slaw. Except that the white sauce might have a bit of kick, the cabbage is still crisp, and you can add lots of lime and cilantro.

I haven't tried them with bluegill, but I will.

A few years back I catered a party for a board and their wives and served fish tacos, and man, those folks couldn't get enough of them. Most were skeptical going in, part of the choir when they headed home. Guess I'm with the "with it" crowd on fish tacos. And it's hard for me to decide which is better, gills or catfish. I have to check the archives here, but I think I even had a recipe of the week here on FAOL with it. JGW

I love fish tacos, especially with panfish, catfish, or trout. Carp works really good in these, as well.

I am a transplanted Texan, and in Tx., tacos are standard food fare. We put everything in tortillas, including peanut butter and jelly.

A real taco is not what is served at Taco Bell. In Mexico (where I have spent many memorable weekends), you seldom see 'crunchy' tacos. It is an American thing. A taco is simply anything wrapped in a tortilla. When you go to Taco Stands in Tx., or in Mexico, they give you a few tortillas, and you just fill them with what they have on the cart....beef, pork, chicken, onions, peppers, cilantro, and hot sauce. Also, in Mexico, they seldom put lettuce on tacos. Usually just meat, salsa (green is best) and cilantro.

Fish Tacos are popular around Yucatan, Cancun, and Cozymel. You usually get a side of beautiful yellow rice and black beans with it.

I gotta go cook. I have made myself hungry.

Adios amigos!

I know I've had fish tacos somewhere but it's been a long
time but now all I can think of is a half dozen soft tacos of fresh caught halibut.

Maybe it was in Ensenada in '72...they had a lot
of great eats there back then...turtle too...the
most memorable soft tacos were from a street cart
in Tijuana...consisting of a steamed corn tort, a good
bunch of goat meat 'barbacoa' style and then we got to
put on the toppings of our choice from the cart...cilantro
was a first for me back then and I've loved it ever since.

Worked at an avacado ranch and never grew
tired of the free fruit after a whole summer of
picking and hauling.

Ok, now I've spilled...so like the title says...

"What's In Your Taco"? Be great if JC started it off with what he puts in his tacos, yes?

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

My first fish taco was on the banks of Lake Gararro in Mexico some 34 years ago. We were camping and met 3 commercial largemouth bass fishermen. They had a fire going and were using a wire screne to grill bass fillets, corn tortillas, and chillie peppers. We were invited to lunch and brought along some cold beer.

When the fish was cooked, you scooped it up with the tortilla and sprinkled on some chillie peppers. Broke da Mouth.

I've had many an excelent fish taco since then, but I'll always remember that lunch.
Aloha,
Stan