Name: Lemon pepper fish tacos with tartare sauce and coleslaw
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Lemon pepper fish tacos; 1/2 cup flour; 1.5 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning; 6 fresh fish fillets, cut into small even-sized pieces (gurnard works well); 40 gram butter; 1/4 cup rice bran oil, for frying; 12 mini tortilla wraps; Coleslaw; 1/2 red cabbage, finely shredded; 1 medium carrot, coarsely grated; handful of baby spinach leaves, roughly shredded; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1/4 cup white wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon caster sugar; sea salt and cracked pepper; Tartare sauce; 1/2 cup thick mayonnaise; 1.5 gherkins, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon capers, roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Lemon pepper fish tacos with tartare sauce and coleslaw

These family-friendly tacos have stacks of flavour and are great for a casual dinner or substantial snack.

Ingredients

Lemon pepper fish tacos

1/2 cup flour

1.5 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning

6 fresh fish fillets, cut into small even-sized pieces (gurnard works well)

40 gram butter

1/4 cup rice bran oil, for frying

12 mini tortilla wraps

Coleslaw

1/2 red cabbage, finely shredded

1 medium carrot, coarsely grated

handful of baby spinach leaves, roughly shredded

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup white wine vinegar

1 teaspoon caster sugar

sea salt and cracked pepper

Tartare sauce

1/2 cup thick mayonnaise

1.5 gherkins, finely chopped

1 teaspoon capers, roughly chopped

1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Method

Lemon pepper fish tacos

1.Combine the flour and lemon pepper. Dust each piece of fish with the seasoned flour. Heat a teaspoon of the butter with a few tablespoons of the oil and fry 4-6 pieces of fish at a time until golden on both sides.

2.Repeat with remaining butter, oil and fish.

Coleslaw

3.For the coleslaw, combine the red cabbage, carrot and spinach leaves, then toss with the oil, vinegar, sugar and seasoning.

Tartare sauce

4.For the tartare sauce, mix the mayonnaise with the gherkins, capers and parsley.

5.Heat the tortillas in the microwave or oven and serve with the golden fish fillets, a dollop of tartare sauce and the crunchy coleslaw.

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