Fish Tacos and Curtis Stone Cookbook Winner
In honor of my biblical fish experience on the beaches of Puerta Vallarta, my “relaxed” recipe for today is fish tacos. This picture is a version that I had in Mexico where the fish was fried. Very yummy, but this recipe is a lighter version with grilled fish. Both versions feature the pickled vegetables – crunchy and vinegary, they are a perfect foil to the fish and a great recipe for relaxed entertaining.
Today my second copy of Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone cookbook goes out to Charlene Vidal of Windsor, ON. Enjoy the cookbook Charlene!
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Thanks! These sound wonderful. I love Mexico and all its wonderful tastes
Wow – that looks good. I may make that tonight.
I think that my Mexican hubby’s latest salsa recipe would make a wonderful accompaniment. This macho concoction was passed down to him from his father so please forgive me if the measurements are not exact.
Ingredients:
A handful of dried whole chillies (the long ones work well)
4 cloves of garlic
1/8 – 1/4 cup Canola oil (or other frying oil)
Salt
2 tomatoes (vine-ripened are best)
1 cup of water
Method:
- Boil tomatoes in a little water until peels loosen. Remove peel and discard, save tomato.
- Fry whole dried peppers and garlic in oil until peppers begin to turn black. WARNING: It is best to do this step outside on a BBQ side burner as your house will fill with choke-inducing hot-pepper smoke at this point!
- Put peeled tomato, fried pepper mixture including oil and garlic, cup of water and salt to taste (Mexicans use a lot of salt to combat the heat!). Blend on high until sauce is smooth. It will be a salmon colour and slightly thick when done.
Enjoy this spicy smokey salsa in small quantities as it is HOT. Would be great on the fish tacos. We had it on grilled shrimp skewers with lemon last night – Wow, was it good.
Enjoy – gotta run, my Mexican Eggs are ready… I’ve give you that recipe another day.
Received my cook-book in the mail yesterday. Looks like I am going to have to try some new recipes. The pictures and details in the book are wonderful.