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Redfish Tacos with Cilantro Lime Slaw

Ingredients

Cilantro Lime Slaw

  • 1cupshredded green cabbage
  • 1cupshredded red cabbage
  • ¼cupfresh chopped cilantropacked
  • 2tablespoonschopped green onionsgreen parts only
  • 1fresh jalapenoseeded and finely chopped
  • ¼cup mayonnaise
  • Juice of one medium lime
  • 2tablespoons granulated sugar
  • ½teaspoon salt
  • Cracked black pepper to taste

Blackening Seasoning

  • 2teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1teaspoon onion powder
  • 1teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • ½teaspooncumin
  • ½teaspoon salt
  • ½teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼teaspoondried thyme leaves
  • ¼teaspoon dried oregano

Fish

  • 1.5poundsredfish filetssuch as red drum, red snapper, or orange roughy
  • 2tablespoons unsalted buttermelted
  • 2tablespoons olive oil extra-virgin
  • 8four-inch flour tortillasor 16 four-inch corn tortillas

Instructions

  • Add the cabbage, cilantro, green onion, jalapeno, mayonnaise, lime juice, sugar, salt, and pepper to a medium bowl and mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until all of the ingredients are combined. Refrigerate the slaw while you prepare the fish.
  • Add the smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenn pepper, cumin, salt, black pepper, thyme, and oregano to a small bowl and use a fork or small whisk to mix the spices together. Set the blackening seasoning aside.
  • Heat two tablespoons of olive in a medium cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Rinse and pat the redfish fillets dry with paper towels.
  • Brush each piece of fish with melted butter on one side and generously coat with the blackening seasoning, rubbing it into the fish with your hands. Repeat on the other side of the fish fillets.
  • Immediately place the fish in the hot skillet and cook for 3-5 minutes until a dark crust forms. Flip the fish and cook for another 2-3 minutes until the fish is cooked through. Transfer the fish to a paper towel-lined plate.
  • Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and toast the tortillas until warm and browned around the edges.
  • Lay the tortillas out flat on a serving plate and top with flaked pieces of blackened redfish. Use tongs to top the fish tacos with coleslaw. Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro and enjoy!

    Recipe courtesy of Pink Owl Kitchen
    https://pinkowlkitchen.com/blackened-redfish-stree...