beer battered fish tacos with spicy slaw

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• For the spicy slaw:
• 450 450 500gms 2 500gms firm white fish fillets cut into strips / or chunks ( I used 2 fillets of angelfish)
• 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/4 cups flour (and 1/4 cup for dusting)
• 300 300ml 300ml beer
• 3 3 3 tsp baking powder
• salt & pepper
• 2 2 to to smoked paprika to add to the dusting flour (optional)
• 1 1 4 red onion finely sliced and soaked in red wine vinegar for about 4 hours or longer in the fridge
• grated carrot (quantity as per requirement)
• to 50:50 to to a 50:50 ratio to the carrot
• to good quality mayonnaise to coat the carrot and cabbage
• make the slaw by tossing the shredded cabbage and grated carrot in a bowl with the mayonnaise and hot sauce
• soft flour taco’s or tortillas / wraps
• oil for frying
• lime or lemon wedges
• fresh coriander leaves

Preparation

Step 1

How to make these:
heat enough oil in a deep pot to fry the fish pieces (about half full)
toss the fish pieces in a bowl with the flour,smoked paprika, salt and pepper to lightly coat
in another bowl mix the flour and baking powder and then add the beer and whisk lightly to a thick runny consistency
when the oil is hot enough, dip each piece of fish into the batter and gently drop into the oil
turn the pieces over when they are golden brown and drain on kitchen paper
repeat until all the fish is cooked
heat the tacos / tortilla’s by either microwaving for 10 seconds or heating on a dry hot pan
assemble the tacos adding the slaw, a few fish pieces and coriander
season with salt and a spritz with lime juice