Easy Fish Tacos

This one goes out to Miss Kristen Rich who reminded me that the content in this blog is getting pretty stale.

Fish tacos have to be one of the easiest things ever to cook. They require very little cooking at all, and while you can get as fancy and homemade as you want, the basics are all simple.

Fish Tacos (for two)
Two white fish filets
Packet of taco seasoning
Shredded cheese
Small whole wheat tortillas
2 tomatoes
An avocado
Some lettuce
Sour cream
Cholula sauce

Two filets should be one package of fish from your grocery store. I like any kind of white fish, doesn’t make too much of a difference for tacos. So long as it’s fresh, you’re golden.

1. Dump half the packet of taco seasoning in a pan that will just barely fit the two filets side by side and add about a half an inch of water, turn the heat to medium. After a minute or so pop your fish in.

2. While your fish heats up in the spices a little bit, chop the two tomatoes and chop lettuce if you’re into that. I buy the pre-chopped lettuce (read as: lazy).

3. Flip your fish. At the same time, pop some shredded cheese onto a couple of tortillas on a plate and pop it in the microwave. You could get fancy here and do it in a pan, but seriously, why. You have a microwave. Use it. 20-30 seconds should make the cheese a little melty.

4. Break up the fish in the pan. If it’s fully cooked, take a bite. Need more spice? Now’s the time to add it.

5. Assemble the tacos! I like this order: melted cheese, fish, some scooped avocado, sour cream, chopped tomatoes, Cholula sauce and lettuce. I lied about the lettuce though; I hate lettuce.

Tacos are great because all the ingredients can be used for other stuff. Leftover vegetables? Make a salad! Leftover tortillas and cheese? Make a quesadilla! The tacos should take no more than 20 minutes to put everything 100% together and make about three tacos per person if you spread the ingredients out reasonably.

This is a great meal when you just want to eat something that tastes good and doesn’t take you away from the TV since the Knicks are being televised in Canada.

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