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Fish Tacos in a 7up Batter
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Fish Tacos in a 7up Batter

These fresh and light fish tacos will be a real crowd pleaser!
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 8 tacos
Calories 394kcal

Ingredients

For the fried fish

  • 4 basa fillets or other white fish
  • vegetable oil
  • 7 ounces self raising flour (200g)
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 12.6 ounces 7up (375ml)

For the red cabbage

  • 1 small red cabbage finely sliced
  • 1 green chilli finely sliced
  • 1.7 ounces white wine vinegar (50ml)
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 5 tbsp mayonaise
  • 5 tbsp sour cream

For the cucumber salsa

  • 1 cucumber diced
  • 1 red onion diced
  • juice of ½ lemon
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander

For the creamed avocado

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • juice ½ lemon
  • salt and pepper

To serve

  • 8 soft corn tortillas

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, mix together the flour, paprika, cayenne, salt and pepper. Whisk in the beaten egg and then bit by bit whisk in the 7up until you have a nice smooth batter. Pop in the fridge until ready to use.
  • For the red cabbage, mix all the ingredients together well and pop in the fridge.  Same for the cucumber salsa. Really nothing tricky about knocking these up!
  • Peel the avocados into a bowl and add the lemon juice and a pinch of salt and pepper.  Mash together.  Add the mayo and sour cream and mix well. Put in the fridge until ready to serve.
  • Put a large saucepan on a high heat on the hob and pour in about 1cm of vegetable oil.  You need to get the oil really hot, so could take 5-10 mins.
  • Take the batter out of the fridge and cut each Basa fillet in half length ways.
  • Once the oil is really hot, dip a fillet in to the batter to coat it and carefully lay into the frying pan.  They only take about 3 minutes on each side to cook through and get a crispy batter.  Be careful when turning the fish and only do two in the pan at a time.  Put the fish on some kitchen towel to soak up any excess oil.
  • Warm the tacos through according to packet instructions (I was going to make my own, but sometimes life is too short!).
  • Put a spoonful of the avocado mix on to each taco, top with a piece of fish and the cabbage and cucumber mixes.

Notes

Nutritional values are based on one of eight tacos.

Nutrition

Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 1057mg | Potassium: 1003mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 2080IU | Vitamin C: 70mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 2.4mg