title: Baja-style tacos
description: Some seafood tacos.
tags: cooking, recipes
date: 2024-01-19 05:59

# Baja Tacos

## Ingredients

- Street taco size tortillas
- Mayo
- Sour Cream

### Fresh

- 12x limes (some for juicing, some for serving)
- shredded coleslaw mix (or cabbage for shredding)

### Spices

- chili powder
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- garlic powder
- cumin

### Protein

- 1lb large prawns, shrimp, or fish filets

## Directions

### Prep

- Butterfly the protein.
- Mix spices in order most to least: Chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt, black pepper
- Preheat and oil a large skillet
- halve some limes. Cut some halves into quarters, save some for juicing.

### Slaw

Toss shredded slaw veggie mix with the juice of 1-2 lime halves, season lightly with salt and pepper

### Sauce

Mix 60:40 sour cream to mayo. Make about 2 cups worth. Give generous pinch of salt. few generous shakes of coarse black pepper and garlic powder. Mix juice of 2-4 lime halves. Sauce should be tangy with a hint of garlic.

### Rub

Rub the protein liberally with the spice mixture. Cook in hot oil until tender. (Butterflied shrimp/fish cook very fast this way)

## Assemble

1. Taco shell
2. Dallop and smear of sauce
3. generous helping of slaw
4. 2x prawns/shrimp OR 1x fish filet
5. Drizzle with sauce, serve with lime slice