Fish Tacos Recipe

In Cooking Outside the Box, Chef John feature a light dish, perfect for a summer evening - fish tacos. Unlike traditional tacos which feature fried fish, Chef's recipe includes tilapia and a unique twist, pan-seared salsa.

The chipotle adds a nice smokiness to the salsa, but you can use any peppers you prefer.

From start to finish, this recipe takes less than 15 minutes.

Ingredients

Watch Chef John prepare Fish Tacos

4- 4oz tilapia filets
½ onion chopped
½ cup cilantro chopped
2 tomatoes diced

Juice of ½ lemon
1 chipotle pepper, reconstituted in ½ cup water

4 oz shredded low fat Colby cheese
8 six inch flour tortillas
2 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

Begin by preparing the salsa. Dice the tomatoes. Roughly chop the cilantro and then disce the onion. If using a whole lemon, gently roll the lemon before cutting to release some of the juices and then cut in half.

Heat a sauté pan, add one tablespoon olive oil. Then add the salsa ingredients: tomatoes, onion, cilantro, pepper and lemon. Turn the heat down to low and let simmer while you prepare the fish.

In a hot sauté pan add oil and the fish fillets. Once cooked approximately half way, turn and cook the other side. Note -- tilapia tends to stick to the pan.

Warm tortillas, place ½ of fish in the tortilla, top with salsa and a little cheese.

Serves 4

Nutritional Information Per Serving

Please note: Nutritional information does not include rice.

Calories - 420  
Fat - 11 g

Cholesterol - 55 mg

Total Carbohydrates - 46 g

Fiber - 3.6 g

Protein - 34 g

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