Monday, April 28, 2014

Fish Tacos with Fresh Mango Salsa and Chipotle Yogurt Sauce

Now that it's springtime and its getting warmer every day and staying light out later, it's time to start making summery food! Fish tacos are wonderful anytime but this recipe is very refreshing and is loaded with flavors I associate with summertime: cilantro, mango, lime. I made these fish tacos with tilapia and they turned out wonderful! The fish is flaky and absorbs a lot of the lime juice that I cooked it in. I topped the fish with fresh mango salsa and chipotle yogurt sauce that was delicious and so tasty. Whenever I get fish tacos at a restaurant, they always come with charred red cabbage but I had never figured out how to make it. Anyways, I figured it out and it's so easy and adds great flavor to the cabbage and to the tacos. The charred cabbage was so delicious I wanted to eat it all by itself!






Fish Tacos with Fresh Mango Salsa and Chipotle Yogurt Sauce

  • 1 pound of flaky white fish
  • 4 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
  • 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil 
  • 10-12 small flour tortillas, warmed
Mango Salsa:
  • 1 red pepper, diced
  • 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 ripe mango, diced
  • 1 handful of cilantro, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • juice of 1 lime
Chipotle Yogurt Sauce:
  • 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 cup chipotle sauce from can 
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
Charred Cabbage:
  • Small head of red cabbage
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or can use cooking spray to cut calories
  • pepper, as needed
  • lemon pepper seasoning, as needed
Preparation
  1. Cook fish in a frying pan with olive oil and lime juice until cooked through. 
  2. For salsa, cut up mango, onion, red pepper, cilantro and toss together with cilantro, garlic, and lime juice. 
  3. For yogurt sauce, mix greek yogurt, chipotle sauce, garlic and lime juice. 
  4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees for charred cabbage. Slice cabbage and pull sections apart so seasoning and oil reaches every part. Drizzle with oil or cooking spray and then sprinkle pepper and lemon pepper seasoning over cabbage. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until charred. 
  5. Warm tortillas. Top with fish, salsa, charred cabbage, and yogurt sauce. 
  6. Enjoy!