Spicy Fish Tacos!

4/20/2011 dinner ...
On a scale of 5 yum-inspired chair boogies, Lauren gives this meal 5 out of 5 boogies!  This is chair-dancing good.

Jonathan whipped up this fantastic dish ... I mean, the recipe and the pictures speak for themselves.

Fish:

1 pound firm fish such as cod, halibut or tilapia

2 cups Oil for frying

Batter:

1/8 teaspoon cayenne

1 teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon garlic salt

½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

2 cups flour (1 and 1/2 cups for batter, 1/2 cup to coat fish)

1 bottle beer

Radish Cilantro Slaw: (Lauren's favorite part!)

½ pound cabbage, finely sliced about 2 cups shredded

1 ½ cups radishes sliced and cut into matchsticks

1 ½ cups chopped cilantro

1 green onion, chopped

1 jalapeño, sliced or chopped, seeded if you like

1 lime juiced about 2 Tablespoons lime juice

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon local honey

Lime wedges

Hot sauce (optional)

Corn tortillas or your favorite tortilla 

Chipotle Crema

1 Cup sour cream

3 Tablespoons finely chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce – very important to get them really fine.

1/2 Teaspoon salt

1/4 Teaspoon smoked paprika

Pictured above is step-by-step taco-making!

And below is the finished product! 

Jonathan's masterpiece

Lauren's masterpiece

Both equally delicious!  Paired with a choice of Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale or Funky Llama Malbec.

<3's Lauren and Jonathan

Cabbage Salad with Fresh Mozzarella, Sautéed Red Peppers, Bacon, and Ranch

4/19/2011 dinner ...
Time to clean out some of the produce in the fridge, so Jonathan and I have been whipping up some DELICIOUS "what can we make with what we have" concoctions.








To make two plates:
1 head cabbage, sliced and served to preference (we shared about 1/4-1/2 head)
1 ball fresh mozzarella "cubed"
1/2 package of bacon, fried and diced
1 half red pepper, sliced and halved, sautéed in bacon grease
Kraft cucumber ranch dressing to taste

Jonathan added blue cheese to his as well, but either way it was a great little dinner. We paired it with the beer in the fridge: Stone Smoked Porter.

(If we had more peppers, cheese, and bacon, I would have had seconds!)

<3's - Lauren - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:E Girard Ave,Philadelphia,United States