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Battered Fish Tacos with Mission Avocados

Author Shannon Lyon | Plum Street

Ingredients

Battered Fish

  • 2-3 lbs. cod (or other white fish)
  • 1 ¾ cups flour
  • 2/3 cup cornstarch
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
  • 1¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups club soda
  • oil for frying

Pickled Red Onions

  • 1/2 red onion, sliced thin
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup vinegar

Sweet Lime Slaw

  • 4 cups green cabbage, shredded thin
  • 1/2 cup mayo
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • juice of 1 lime

Avocado Lime Cream Sauce

  • 1/2 Mission Avocado
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup mayo
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice

Taco Toppings

  • flour tortillas
  • Mission Avocados, sliced
  • cilantro
  • chopped jalapenos
  • limes

Instructions

Avocado Lime Cream Sauce

  • Blend all ingredients slowly in a blender until smooth. Chill until ready to serve.

Pickled Red Onions

  • Place sliced red onions in a medium to large Mason jar.
  • Bring water, sugar, and vinegar to a boil over medium-high heat. Let boil for 2-3 minutes.
  • Pour hot mixture into the Mason jar over the sliced red onions. Tightly screw on lid and chill for 2 or more hours

Sweet Lime Slaw

  • Place shredded cabbage in a large bowl.
  • Separately mix mayo, sugar, salt, lime juice, and vinegar.
  • Pour mixture over cabbage and mix well. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

Battered Fish

  • Cut cod into 2-4 inch pieces. Set aside.
  • In a medium-sized bowl mix flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking powder together.
  • Add club soda and whisk well.
  • In a large nonstick pan, pour oil in until it comes 3/4-1 inch up the side of the pan.
  • Heat over medium-high heat until a drop of water in the oil sizzles.
  • Take a piece of cod and dredge it well in the batter, then using tongs lay slowly into the hot oil. Hold the fish for a minute with the tongs before releasing into the oil so the fish doesn't stick to the bottom. If you hold it for a minute with the tongs and let the bottom fry for 10 seconds, it will harden enough to keep from sticking.
  • Then release the fish into the oil. Fry several pieces of fish at a time. Cook 3-4 minutes on each side until lightly golden.
  • Once cooked, remove from oil and let excess oil drip off. Then transfer onto a baking sheet with a wire rack on top of it. Lightly sprinkle some salt on top of fried fish. Let cool slightly before serving in tacos.

Taco Assembly

  • To make tacos, layer the slaw on the tortillas, then top with fish, pickled onions, avocados, avocado cream sauce, and if desired, sliced jalapenos, and fresh lime juice.