Ingredients

The following ingredients have 5 Servings
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons vinegar
  • white or cider
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 small-medium red onion
  • very thinly sliced or mandolin sliced
  • 1 large jalapeño pepper or 2 medium
  • very thinly sliced
  • 1½ pounds white firm fish
  •  such as cod filet
  •  or chicken tenders or chicken breast
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin (a palmful)
  • 1 tablespoon ground coriander (a palmful)
  • 1 tablespoon ground ancho or mild blended chili powder  
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (half a palmful)
  • 1½ teaspoons dried oregano
  • About 1½ teaspoons granulated garlic
  • About 1½ teaspoons granulated onion
  • About 1½ teaspoons salt
  • About 1½ teaspoons pepper  
  • 1 cup crema
  •  sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons chipotle paste in a tube or chipotle hot sauce
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons neutral oil or olive oil
  • ½ small red cabbage
  • cored
  •  quartered and very thinly sliced
  • 3 plum tomatoes
  • seeded and chopped
  • or Pico de Gallo
  • 1½ cups cotija cheese
  •  crumbled
  •  or queso fresco 
  • Small wedges of lime
  • 16 corn tortillas
  • warmed in nonstick skillet or to package directions

Instruction

  • For the pickled red onions and jalapeño peppers, combine sugar, salt and vinegar with juice of 1 lime, then add onions and jalapeño and toss and let sit at least 30 minutes
  • Toss to serve
  • Listicle: Rachael Ray Box Grater For the seasoning and protein, cut fish into planks 1-inch –by-3-inches long
  • Cut tenders in half or breasts into strips then planks
  • Toss with seasoning and let stand 20 minutes to couple of hours
  • (Save extra seasoning for future use
  • ) For the sauce, mix in bowl to spoon or funnel into a plastic squeeze bottle
  • To prepare and serve, heat a large skillet over medium-high to high heat with oil and cook fish or chicken to brown and just cook through on each side in 2 batches, 4 to 5 minutes per batch
  • Serve with fixings in tacos
  • We build the tacos like this: sauce, protein, cabbage, pickled onions, tomatoes or pico and cheese