Chicharrón de Pescado
Dive into our easy-peasy Chicharrón de Pescado - Crispy Fish Taco recipe! 🎉🐟 Marinate, coat & fry the fish until crispy perfection. Top it off with a zesty Pico de Gallo that brings the heat just right. Reheat our tortillas, assemble your taco masterpiece & ¡que rico! – a taste of La Tortillería magic in your own cocina! 🌶️🌮
SPICINESS
Ingredients
- 0.5 kg fish fillets (Barramundi, Snapper, Flathead)
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp garlic
- ½ tbsp ground pepper
- 0.5 ml vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 2 garlic clove
- 2 limes
- Salt & pepper (for seasoning the fish)
Spicy Pico de Gallo with Habanero
- 4 tomatoes, thinly sliced
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 2 habanero peppers, finely chopped
- 1⁄4 Bunch Coriander, chopped
- 1 lime
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced
- Salt, to taste
- 1 Avocado (Garnish)
- Lime Wedges (Garnish)
Cooking Instructions
1. Marinate the Fish
- Cut the fish fillets into small pieces.
- Marinate them with lime, salt, and pepper. Allow them to rest for 15 minutes
2. Prep the Dry Ingredients
- In a bowl, mix flour, salt, garlic powder, and ground pepper.
3. Heat Oil & Infuse the Garlic Cloves
- In a pot, reheat the vegetable oil to 160-180 degrees, fry the garlic cloves in the oil to give it a distinct aroma. Watch they don’t burn!
4. Coat Fish with Gluten-Free Flour or Plain Flour
- Bring the marinated fish into the bowl with flour of your choice.
- Ensure all sides of the fish are well-covered with flour.
5. Cooking the Fish
- Fry the fish for 5-7 minutes until they are crispy and well-cooked
- Place the fried fish on a cooling rack to remove excess oil and maintain crunchiness.
- Serve the crispy fried fish with slices of lime to bless your tacos!
- Season with salt and pepper according to taste.
For Pico de Gallo:
1. Prepare Vegetables:
- Cut tomatoes, onions, and habanero peppers into thin slices.
- Chop coriander and cucumber into small dice.
2. Mix Ingredients:
- In a bowl, combine tomatoes, onions, habanero peppers, coriander, cucumber.
- Add lime juice and salt to taste.
3. Ready to Serve:
- Your spicy Pico de Gallo is now ready!
For Garnish & Plating:
1. Reheat Tortillas:
- Reheat tortillas & place them on a plate or into a tortilla warmer/ tea towel if you’re making for a crowd.
2. Assemble Tacos:
- Add fish on the tortillas.
- Spoon the prepared Pico de Gallo over the fish.
- Place slices of avocado on top.
- Add a lime wedge on the side.
- Your delicious taco is ready to be enjoyed!
She’ll be right mate! The heat factor is only 2 – 3 on the Scoville scale 🙂
¡Buen Provecho!
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