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Fish tacos

These fish tacos are loaded with fresh ingredients and fish for a high protein meal that's ready in only 15 minutes.

  • Time to make: 15 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 600g (approx) fish fillets such as tarakihi, gurnard or snapper
    • 1 lime, juice, or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
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    • Salsa
    • 2 large ripe tomatoes
    • 1 cob corn
    • ½ ripe avocado
    • ¼ cup chopped fresh coriander
    • 1 finely chopped spring onion
    • 1 lime, juice, or 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • pinch salt
    • ½ teaspoon sugar
    • 2–3 teaspoons olive or canola oil
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    • 8 wholemeal tortillas
    • hot chilli sauce, to serve (optional)
    • 4 cups salad leaves, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Arrange fish fillets in a shallow dish and sprinkle both sides with lime (or lemon) juice then sprinkle lightly with cumin. Set aside.

    2 Meanwhile, to make salsa, halve tomatoes and scoop out flesh. Discard seeds then cut flesh in 7mm cubes. Remove husk and silk from corn then cut kernels from cob. Peel avocado half and cut in similar-sized cubes. Place tomato flesh, corn kernels and avocado in a medium-sized bowl. Add the remaining salsa ingredients and mix gently to combine.

    3 Heat oil in a large non-stick pan. Add fish fillets and cook each side for about 2 minutes, depending on thickness, until just cooked through. Place in a warmed serving dish.

    4 While fish cooks place tortillas in bag in microwave and heat on high power for about 1 minute or warm each tortilla briefly in a lightly oiled pan or on a hot plate. Wrap in a clean, dry tea towel to keep warm.

    5 To assemble, break fish in 4-5cm chunks and place several chunks on a tortilla. Add a generous spoonful of salsa and roll loosely. Serve with plain or brown rice and a simple salad if preferred.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check chilli sauce is gluten free and use gluten-free tortillas.

    HFG tip

    • If you want to make this dish for larger groups, just multiply the quantities given.
    • Instead of pan-frying the fish, which can be fiddly in bulk, flash-bake it for 5-6 minutes in an oven preheated to 225°C.
    • This recipe is well suited to barbecuing when you feel like something a little different – both the fish and the tortillas can be cooked on the hot plate.

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