Monday, September 7, 2009

Fish Tacos

I have a confession about fish tacos. Hubby and I always snicker when we see them on a menu at a restaurant or hear someone order them. It's just funny. Of course neither of us had ever tried fish tacos, so it was somewhat hypocritical (I always say "don't hate it 'til you try it"), but we were hatin on fish tacos.

Then one night we tried them. And boy were they good. In the 6 weeks since that night, I think we've had fish tacos at least 6 times. We both really enjoyed the fish taco. In fact a small place near our house just opened up that only sells fish tacos. And we've been making them at home. This was our first attempt. We used salmon and just threw in some toppings we had around the house. And they were awesome.

So I have a question readers, is there something that you thought you'd never like and then you tried it and loved it?

Fish TacosRub some fish with taco seasoning (recipe here) and cook it. We cooked our salmon on our griddle.

Serve fish with taco fixins. We used sprouts (unconventional, but we love sprouts), chopped tomato, and guacamole.

Enjoy!

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14 comments:

Erin said...

Caramelized onions. I would always snarl at them until I actually tried them and realized they are delicious!

Domestic Princess said...

Love Fish Taco's! We like ours with: fish fingers, cabbage and ranch sauce w/ taco seasoning...ummm..

Nancy said...

Try the true Mexican way: with shredded, crispy cabbage, it's so good.
I tried something I thought I wouldn't like (that's a very small percentage of the foods in the world!) and I was right, I totally disliked it - and that's octopus!

Joe said...

Brussel sprouts. I split them in half, and saute them with olive oil, butter, and garlic. They're my new favorite vegetable, and my wife and I make them once a week.

On a fish taco note, I had always wanted to try them, finally did, and they were terrible. Turns out I tried them at a bad Mexican restaurant, even though the place was always packed. It was sort of a tourist trap, and eventually went out of business. I'd never thought to try them home, that sounds like a great idea.

Sarah said...

I just had to comment...I was the same way with fish tacos and then i tried them and LOVED them. I can't get enough! Glad I'm not the only one

Robyn said...

Oh boy fish tacos... when I first heard of them I thought the concept was a terrible idea. I finally let my husband convince me to try them and I of course loved them. Like Nancy said, we eat them the Mexican/Baja way with cabbage. So good!

Now have you tried shrimp tacos?!

Jen said...

I have not tried shrimp tacos. I will have to look into that.

stephchows said...

So true!! I always giggle about them too lol. I had this sandwich that sounded so gross I wanted nothing to do with it, then a friend ordered it and made me try it... it was AMAZING!

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Joelen said...

The use of sprouts in your tacos is a great idea! I'm going to have to try that!

nutmegnanny said...

I'm not a big fan of fish but these look very delicious:) I used to turn my nose up to deep fried pickles but then I finally tried them...they are delicious!!!

Skylar Wolfe said...

I was skeptical of fish tacos until I tried them. Now they are probably one of my top 5 foods. I love mine with cabbage, lime, and pico de gallo

qngdss said...

Also used to turned my nose up at fish tacos! Had them again tonight, this time with swordfish nuggets (Hey the bits and pieces were only 4.99 per lb!) DELISH :)

cinderskitchen said...

Jen, I too was a fish taco "snob" Couldn't imagine whoever would think to do such a thing. You actually opened my mind up to trying them. I made salmon with taco seasoning ones and we really loved them, thanks to you. I told a friend whose husband goes to Alaska fishing and always brings home lots of salmon and halibut. They are coming over tonight and guess what we are having? SALMON TACOS!! Thanks.

Jen said...

So glad to hear it!

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