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59 lines
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title: Baja-style tacos
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description: Some seafood tacos.
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tags: cooking, recipes
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date: 2024-01-19 05:59
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# Baja Tacos
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## Ingredients
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- Street taco size tortillas
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- Mayo
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- Sour Cream
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### Fresh
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- 12x limes (some for juicing, some for serving)
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- shredded coleslaw mix (or cabbage for shredding)
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### Spices
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- chili powder
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- kosher salt
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- black pepper
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- garlic powder
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- cumin
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### Protein
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- 1lb large prawns, shrimp, or fish filets
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## Directions
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### Prep
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- Butterfly the protein.
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- Mix spices in order most to least: Chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt, black pepper
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- Preheat and oil a large skillet
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- halve some limes. Cut some halves into quarters, save some for juicing.
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### Slaw
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Toss shredded slaw veggie mix with the juice of 1-2 lime halves, season lightly with salt and pepper
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### Sauce
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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.
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### Rub
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Rub the protein liberally with the spice mixture. Cook in hot oil until tender. (Butterflied shrimp/fish cook very fast this way)
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## Assemble
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1. Taco shell
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2. Dallop and smear of sauce
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3. generous helping of slaw
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4. 2x prawns/shrimp OR 1x fish filet
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5. Drizzle with sauce, serve with lime slice
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