Ingredients

The following ingredients have 5 Servings
  • 1 to 2 pounds of your favorite fish
  • Salt
  • 4 to 6 cups vegetable oil for cooking
  • 3/4 cup rice flour or all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup corn starch
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup ice cold sparkling water
  • 1 egg yolk
  • Corn or flour tortillas, (heated)
  • Sliced avocados
  • Red onion, (chopped and soaked in lime juice)
  • Limes
  • Cilantro
  • Salsa of your choice

Instruction

  • Cut the fish into pieces that will fit inside a tortilla. Salt the fish and set aside. Heat the oil in a heavy pot or fryer until it's 350°F. While the oil is heating, mix all the dry ingredients for the batter -- the flour, corn starch, baking soda and salt -- in a large bowl. Have the egg yolk and icy sparkling water handy.
  • Heat the oven to"warm." Set a wire rack on a baking sheet and put that in the oven.
  • When the oil is hot, mix the egg yolk and sparkling water into the batter. Do not beat the heck out of it, you want it lumpy and barely incorporated. Dredge a piece of fish in the batter and slowly dip into the hot oil. Doing this slowly allows the bottom of the fish to set a bit, which reduces the chance the fish will stick to the bottom of the pot. Repeat with as many fish pieces as you can get into the hot oil without crowding.
  • Fry until golden, using a chopstick or fork to flip the pieces over. This should take between 4 and 8 minutes depending on the thickness of your pieces. When they're done, move the fish to the rack in the oven and repeat with the remaining fish.
  • When all the fish is ready, move it to a platter and arrange all the accompaniments to the table. Let everyone make up their own tacos.