Faux-fish tacos!
One thing I miss, I mean really miss, about not living in the States is the ability to find decent Mexican food. Albeit, maybe not always the most authentic in nature, but still delicious and tasty. I miss going to the supermarket and finding black beans on the shelf, refried beans, and salsa! The French don't seem to get what salsa is supposed to taste like sadly, so every kind sold in the stores is not something I want to dip my chips in or slather on a taco... Thus necessity is the mother of invention, eh? Yesterday I finally got the Amazon package I ordered a week or so ago: a huge bottle of American sriracha sauce! Yes, my life is now complete - hehe. With this I decided that I wanted to make something with a Mexican/Tex-Mex flare: how about some vegan tacos with homemade salsa?
I love making homemade salsa, it is superior to any jarred (even those from the states) - what I did for this recipe is diced up about 2 vine ripened tomatoes, about 8 cherry tomatoes (I like the slight sweet flavour these add), dice up half a red onion, half of a jalapeno (be careful not to rub your eyes afterwards!), 2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro, the juice of half a lime and salt and pepper to taste. Make your salsa before you start the tacos so that the flavors can marry and meld together nicely.
For the tacos I wanted something that had a bit of meaty texture, but I didn't want to eat real meat. So I thought what about aubergine tacos? They have a pretty mild flavor and are easy to cook many ways, so I thought I would batter and fry them like you would fish for a fish taco! It turned out so yummy!
I started by peeling a medium sized eggplant and cutting it into thick strips, as shown in the pic above. Then I made a batter of about half a cup of flour, half a cup or so of rice milk, 2 tbsp. sriracha (you can leave this out, I like the spiciness from it though!) and salt and pepper. Mix until you have a thick batter, similar to pancake batter. In a pan, heat a couple of inches of oil over a medium heat and when hot batter up and start frying!
Fry until each piece is a nice golden color, maybe 2 minutes on each side? Poke the eggplant with a knife to make sure it is cooked through, if you made your strips thicker it will take longer to cook.
Doesn't it even look like battered fish?! Okay, assemble your tacos! I layered a few pieces of the eggplant on each soft taco, covered it with the salsa I made earlier, put a bunch of avocado chunks, some sliced red kohlrabi (which tastes like cabbage, so you could easily replace with cabbage here), chopped cilantro and of course a drizzle of sriracha hot sauce! Tacos are best if you keep it simple.
It was so yummy! I wish I had put the time into make my own tortillas, that would have just been the cherry on top of the cake! Next time! :)
I hope you enjoy this simple and delicious "fish" taco recipe!
I love making homemade salsa, it is superior to any jarred (even those from the states) - what I did for this recipe is diced up about 2 vine ripened tomatoes, about 8 cherry tomatoes (I like the slight sweet flavour these add), dice up half a red onion, half of a jalapeno (be careful not to rub your eyes afterwards!), 2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro, the juice of half a lime and salt and pepper to taste. Make your salsa before you start the tacos so that the flavors can marry and meld together nicely.
For the tacos I wanted something that had a bit of meaty texture, but I didn't want to eat real meat. So I thought what about aubergine tacos? They have a pretty mild flavor and are easy to cook many ways, so I thought I would batter and fry them like you would fish for a fish taco! It turned out so yummy!
I started by peeling a medium sized eggplant and cutting it into thick strips, as shown in the pic above. Then I made a batter of about half a cup of flour, half a cup or so of rice milk, 2 tbsp. sriracha (you can leave this out, I like the spiciness from it though!) and salt and pepper. Mix until you have a thick batter, similar to pancake batter. In a pan, heat a couple of inches of oil over a medium heat and when hot batter up and start frying!
It was so yummy! I wish I had put the time into make my own tortillas, that would have just been the cherry on top of the cake! Next time! :)
I hope you enjoy this simple and delicious "fish" taco recipe!
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