grilled cod fish tacos (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)
seeing as today is cinco de mayo, i wanted to make something festive without packing on the calories so i decided on one of my faves: fish tacos! when i googled it, i got tons of fried fish tacos, but that defeats the purpose! but when i looked up grilled, i didn’t get the traditional fish tacos i was looking for. so i combined a few different recipes and came up with this. so feel free to try it and enjoy!
tacos:
1lb. cod or any white, flaky fish
white corn tortillas (taco size)
1/4 onion minced (i used white and it was a tad strong)
1c. finely shaved white or green cabbage (or the bagged kind)
1 tomato, chopped
3 limes
White Sauce:
1/4 c. low-fat mayo
1/4c. non-fat sour cream or yogurt
Directions:
heat grill to high heat. brush grill with olive oil or spray with a non-stick spray. marinade cod in juice from 1 lime for 30 minutes then dry off fillets and season with salt and pepper. grill for 4-5 minutes on each side (may need to cook longer if thicker pieces). while fish is grilling prepare onion, cabbage and tomato and mix mayo and sour cream/yogurt and add lime juice until mixture becomes slightly runny or to your liking. (i used 1/2 a lime and i didnt think it was quite enough). after fish is cooked through and flaky, take 2 forks and shred meat. stack tortillas on a plate and cover them in plastic wrap and nuke for 60 sec. be careful when peeling back the wrap, steam will escape, dont burn yourself!
grab a tortilla, add 2 tablespoons of fish and garnishes. but be careful not to add so much it overpowers the fish, this is the case especially with the onion. add a dollop of white sauce and your good to go! and from my calculations, 2 tacos should be about 194 calories so your waistline wont hate you either!
i had 2 tacos and they filled me up and my husband powered down 3 without complaint. please feel free to tweak this recipe however you like and let me know how your fish tacos turned out! :)
(x-posted to tumblr)
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