Fish Tacos
The best thing about this is the DIY factor - it keeps you engaged with the people you live with, and hands are also delightful to eat from.
Serves: 4-6 (plus 1-2 lunches)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
500g blue-eye cod, cut into baby-mouth-size bits
2 cups panko breadcrumbs
soft tacos, to serve
1/4 green cabbage, thinly sliced or shaved
1 cup sour cream
lime wedges and coriander, to serve
For the salsa
2 corncobs, blackened on barbecue
1 can black beans, rinsed
2 limes, juiced and zested
1/2 cup pecorino
olive oil
salt, for seasoning
pepper, for seasoning
For the guac sauce
2 avocados
2 limes, juiced
1/2 fresh jalapeño
1 tbsp pickled jalapeños
1/2 bunch coriander
METHOD
Toss the fish in the panko crumbs and fry, in batches, until golden. The cooking is essentially done - except for charring the corn on the barbecue. You can cheat here and boil or crack a can, but the burnt bits do really taste great.
To make the salsa, peel back the corncobs, oil up and put them over the barbecue flame. This is also a good time to throw the soft tacos on the side of the grill in foil, too. Mix the cut kernels with the beans, and add the lime juice, pecorino and oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
For the Guac Sauce, blitz the ingredients in something fast and furious. It's a truly delicious condiment.
All that's left now is assembly. I still can't bear my kids to stuff up the first one, so I usually make it... then they're on their own! It's all you can do to show them a good life. Serve with the cabbage, sour cream, lime wedges and coriander.
My eldest son hates spicy stuff, avocado and sour cream. But he ate this one with everything and loved it. Parenthood.
HINTS
You could prep all of this the night before and just blitz the sauce, dress the salsa and fry the fish before eating.
Charring the corn properly on the barbecue rather than boiling it is worth the extra step - the burnt bits genuinely make the salsa.
Making the first taco for the kids and then leaving them to it is the correct assembly strategy - it shows them a good life, then hands over the reins.
NUTRITION (per recipe total, serves 4-6 - guide only):
Energy: 16,700 kJ (4000 cal)
Protein: 160 g
Fat: 180 g
Saturated fat: 55 g
Carbohydrate: 330 g
Sugars: 20 g
Fibre: 50 g
Sodium: 3500 mg
This nutrition information is a guide only and may vary depending on brands, exact quantities, and ingredient substitutions used.