Fish Taco's

I remember when I first heard people raving about fish taco's and I can tell you it did not sound good to me. But I was thinking of some sort of ground up fish in a taco shell which is not at all what they are. I was on business in Dallas late last year and had the pleasure of trying fish taco's with mahi mahi. Oh.my.god they were so good I actually went back and had them again for dinner.

Now here is the problem. Joe doesn't like fish...like at all. I could coat the entire thing in pepper and then stuff it with pepper and top it with a pepper sauce and he wouldn't go near it. So I had to make a separate kind of taco's for him so I could enjoy my yummy tilapia.

Ingredients
4 pieces of tilapia (makes 2 large taco's)
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper
Tortilla wraps
3 tablespoons sourcream
2 tablespoons mayo
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
Juice of 1 lime
2 peaches, diced
1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
2 tablespoons diced red onion
2 shakes of hot pepper sauce
Lettuce, shredded

Peach Salsa
1. Combine the diced peaches, red onion, jalapeno pepper and hot sauce.
2. Mix well and add juice of half a lime.

Cilantro Spread (adapted from The Way the Cookie Crumbles)
1. Combine sourcream, mayo and cilanto in a bowl.
2. Mix well and add juice of half a lime.

Taco's
1. Sprinkle tilapia with cayenne pepper, salt and pepper.
2. Bake in a 350F oven for 15 minutes or until flakey.
3. Spread cilantro spread onto a flour tortilla.
4. Shread tilapia with a fork and place ontop of tortilla.
5. Top with lettuce and peach salsa.

Parmesan Tilapia

Got this recipe from Expee on our group recipe site. It was excellent and very quick and easy to make.

Pepper added by Joey - None he hates fish

Ingredients

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/8 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Dash of onion powder
Dash of teaspoon celery salt

3-4 tilapia filets

1. Preheat your oven's broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line pan with aluminum foil.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice.
3. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.
4. Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes.
6. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side.
7. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork.

Pan Grilled Salmon

Monday's Joey has baseball so I decided to make some fish (Joey hates all seafood). Christine from work gave me this recipe for salmon, I think it would also be great over chicken.

Pepper added by Joey - none since he didn't eat any of this dish



Ingredients
1/3 cup soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Salmon filets

1. Whisk together soy sauce, garlic, ginger and honey in a bowl. Remove and set aside 1/4 cup of the mixture.
2. Place salmon in a shallow dish and pour marinade over top. Cover and chill for at least 5 minutes.
3. Heat sesame oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Remove fillets from marinade and cook, skin side up for 5 minutes.
4. Turn and drizzle with reserved marinade. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes or until the fish flakes.