Soft Shell Tacos

Soft Shell Tacos

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, January 28, 2018.

With Cajun fish and guacamole


Ingredients

SOFT SHELL TACOS

  • 1 egg + 1 egg white
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 20g taco mix
  • 1 teaspoon oil, for cooking

CAJUN FISH

  • 300g fish fillets (skin on)
  • 2 teaspoons Cajun spice mix
  • Zest of ¼ lime
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • Pinch of chilli flakes or cayenne pepper (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)

TACO SALAD

  • Juice of ¼ lime
  • ¼ teaspoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard (e.g. Dijon, English)
  • ½ can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • ½ corn cob, kernels removed
  • 1 tomato, cut in half then into small wedges
  • ¼ cos lettuce, thinly sliced
  • ½ capsicum, thinly sliced

TO SERVE

  • 1 pottle guacamole
  • 1½ tablespoons lite sour cream
  • 2-3 tablespoons finely chopped coriander
  • ¼ lime, cut into wedges

Steps

  1. Preheat BBQ grill or hot plate (if using). Prepare ingredients. Whisk egg and egg white, a pinch of salt and water together in a bowl. Place taco mix in a separate bowl and slowly whisk in egg mixture, until all the liquid is added and mixture is smooth. Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
  2. Pat fish dry and remove any remaining scales or bones. Cut any larger fillets in half and add to a bowl, along with all remaining Cajun fish ingredients (except oil). Set aside to marinate until needed.
  3. Heat ½ a teaspoon of oil at a time in a small, non-stick fry-pan on medium heat. Whisk taco mixture again. Measure out ¼ cup of the mixture, pour into pan and swirl around so the mixture spreads out evenly. Cook for 1 minute, flip and cook for a further 15 seconds, until cooked through. Reduce heat if tacos start to colour too quickly. Set aside on a plate. Repeat with remaining mixture until you to have made two tacos.
  4. Prepare taco salad. In a medium bowl, whisk together lime, honey, oil and mustard. Add all remaining taco salad ingredients to bowl, toss well to combine and season to taste.
  5. Heat oil in a medium, non-stick fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook fish for 1-2 minutes each side (depending on thickness), or until just cooked. Alternatively, cook on BBQ.
  6. TO SERVE assemble tacos by spreading some guacamole and sour cream evenly on each taco. Fill with taco salad and Cajun fish. Sprinkle over coriander, roll up and place on plates. Serve remaining taco salad on side and squeeze over lime.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1735 kj
415 kcal
Protein 46.4g
Carbohydrate 26.5g
Fat 11.9g