Zack's Z-Grille Fish Taco Recipe
This recipe is presented courtesy of Terry Tomalin, Outdoors Editor of The St. Petersburg Times newspaper. Originally published May 01, 2009. Here's a link to the complete article.
Fish Tacos
This recipe will make about six to eight tacos:
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh fish (snapper, sheepshead or any flaky white fish)
- 24 ounce beer (Z Grille owner Zack Gross prefers the darker stuff, Dos XX amber is nice)
- 1/2 cups tempura flour
- 2 tbsp hot smoked paprika (to flavor the flour)
Additional ingredients
- Flour tortillas, six to eight
- Diced tomatoes, 1 cup
- Shredded cabbage, like that used in coleslaw. One bag or 16 ounces
Cheese, 1 cup - Avocado, 2 each
- Cilantro, 1 bunch
- Lime, 2 each
Directions
Step 1: Mix beer, flour and paprika to make batter. Remember to reserve some flour to dust fish, which will help keep batter on the fish.
Step 2: Cut fish into chunks, 1 inch by 1 inch
Step 3: Place fish in flour then into the beer batter
Step 4: Put battered fish into fryer oil at 375 degrees for about two minutes
Step 5: Assemble tacos, cabbage, cheese, fish, tomatoes, avocado and chopped cilantro squeeze of lime. Add some salsa and sour cream for the ultimate fish taco
Step 6: Call all your friends
Step 7: Serve with cold beer