Living on the southernmost tip of Africa - well almost...but not quite; Kwazulu Natal after all is a couple hundred kilometres up the east coast of Africa - but still, being South African I cannot profess to know anything much about Tacos.
What I do know however, is that it's not an American food as a certain Fox news host alleged much to the ire of many! I read about The Real History Of The Taco, In Case Tucker Carlson Forgot whilst looking to the wise old granny Google for advice - do yourself a favour, it makes interesting reading.
Mexican Taco Shells are made by frying Corn Tortillas in hot oil into a Taco shape - how to make Tortillas then?
Only two ingredients are required for making authentic Mexican Corn Tortillas, and that is Masa Harina and water - ok, so I did not know what that was either - masa harina is ground corn mixed with lime - very interesting but I could not find this in any of the local stores I visited!
What I did find however, was Mexican Taco Shells in a box, ready to be used, so that solved my problem!
I could buy Tortillas, but would never get the taco shape right, so boxed Tacos it was for my entry this week - Fish & Pineapple Salsa Tacos!
Crispy, crunchy Mexican Tacos filled with crumbed Hake and a light and refreshing Pineapple Salsa & Sprouts, drizzled with yogurt.
My hand model is back on the job
Simple fresh Ingredients required:
- Mexican Taco shells - warmed in oven
- Hake - filleted and cut into portions
- Flour, Egg & dried Breadcrumbs for coating fish
- Pineapple - cubed
- Green Pepper - cubed
- Onion - cubed
- Tomato - cubed
- Spring Onion greens
- Mung bean sprouts
- Natural Yogurt
- Fish was seasoned, coated with flour, dipped in beaten egg and lastly in breadcrumbs and baked in a hot oven for about 15 minutes or till cooked - dependent on thickness of fish fillet.
- Salsa ingredients tossed together and we're ready to rock and roll :)
Salsa, fish and sprouts stuffed into Tacos, lastly drizzled with yogurt.
My proof photo
All that could be heard was the crunching of Tacos as silence settled in the house and satisfied tummies stopped yelling for food!
This was a great change from the usual Fish & Chips!
I will quickly show you how to make Fish & Pineapple Salsa Tacos:
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