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Fish tacos: The perfect starter or summer snack food

Bring some Mexican flavour to the snack or dinner table with these fish tacos. They’re very easy to make alongside your salsa and guacamole.

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The taco might hail from Mexico with Taco Tuesday growing in the United States, but we’re South Africans who love bringing great food into our homes from other countries. These fish tacos are more popular than you might think and with our great produce, you can make your own at home for the weekend. They are the perfect starter when your friends come over, a tasty snack alongside the other fried goodies for the big game, or a perfect meal during the week.

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Fish tacos suggestions

Hake is very easy to find in South Africa, so it will be the most popular, but you can use any fish if you make sure that there are no bones in them. You don’t even have to make your own salsa, but we have lots of tasty recipes for salsa on our recipe page. However, the guacamole needs to be made fresh, and you’ll be thanking yourself later for doing it. Everybody can build their own tacos, but you can also stack them just like you want to for the hungry crowd.

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Bring some Mexican flavour to the snack or dinner table with these fish tacos. They’re very easy to make alongside your salsa and guacamole.

Last updated on 24 October 2023

Fish tacos recipe

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Recipe by Basson Laubscher Course: MainCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

20

minutes
Cooking time

10

minutes
Total time

30

minutes

Bring some new flavours to Taco Tuesday. Fish Tacos are a fun way to recreate your tacos at home in a quick and effortless way.

Ingredients

  • 800 g 800 fresh hake

  • 2 tbsp 2 butter

  • 1 cloves 1 garlic, diced

  • 1 tbsp 1 Nomu fish rub

  • 2 2 lemons, juiced

  • salt & pepper (to taste)

  • 8 8 taco shells

  • 2 2 avocados

  • 180 g 180 rocket

  • 250 ml 250 creme fraiche (Sour Cream will work too)

  • salsa (suggestion: Woolworths Peppadew Piquanté Pepper Salsa – Medium)

  • 2 cups 2 cheddar, grated

Method

  • For the fish filling
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • In a pan melt the butter and add the diced garlic.
  • Squeeze in the lemon juice of 1 lemon and add in the hake to the pan and fry for 5 minutes on each side on medium to high heat.
  • Place the taco shells in the oven to heat for no longer than 5 minutes.
  • For the guacamole
  • Mash the avocados in a separate bowl.
  • Add in some fresh lemon juice.
  • Add in the diced onion.
  • Assembly
  • Place the guacamole, salsa and grated cheese in separate bowls to serve.
  • Serve your pan-fried hake on a plate alongside the taco shells.
  • Let everyone build their own taco and enjoy!

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