Baja-Style Tempura Fish Recipe

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Baja-Style Tempura Fish
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  1. To make the marinade, in a large bowl, combine the 1 1/2 cups water, lime juice, garlic, chiles, oregano, and salt. Add the fish strips and let marinate for at least 20 minutes.
  2. To make the tempura batter, in a separate bowl, whisk together the ice water and mustard. Gently stir in the flour, but don’t overmix; a few small lumps are okay. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  3. Drain the shark pieces and pat them dry with a paper towel.
  4. Have a plate lined with paper towels ready. In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat at least 2 to 3 inches of oil over medium heat until it reaches 360°F on a deep-fat thermometer. Remove the batter from the refrigerator and stir once more. Dredge the fish pieces in the batter, a few at a time, to evenly coat. Drop them in the hot fat, 2 pieces at a time, adding 2 more pieces every 30 seconds (fry no more than 4 pieces at a time). Monitor the temperature of the hot oil throughout frying, letting the oil return to proper temperature, if necessary, between batches; to ensure crispness, it must remain a constant 360°F to 380°F. If too low, the fish will be oily; if too hot, the pieces will burn.
  5. Fry them until crisp, light golden brown, and floating in the oil, about 2 1/2 minutes per batch. With a fine-mesh skimmer, transfer the fish tempura to the paper-towel-lined plate to absorb the excess oil. Repeat with the remaining pieces of fish. During frying, be sure to remove any pieces of floating batter, or they will burn and darken the oil, which will transfer a burned flavor to the tempura. Serve immediately.
  6. To serve, lay the tortillas side by side, open face and overlapping on a platter. Divide the slaw and filling equally between the tortillas and top with salsa and garnish. Grab, fold, and eat right away. Or build your own taco: lay a tortilla, open face, in one hand. Spoon on some slaw, then filling, top with salsa, fold, and eat right away.
  7. Per serving: 500.0 calories, 180.0 calories from fat, 21.0g total fat, 7.0g saturated fat, 135.0mg cholesterol, 1430.0mg sodium, 27.0g total carbs, 1.0g dietary fiber, 5.0g sugars, 50.0g protein Nutritional analysis provided by TasteBook, using the USDA Nutrition Database Tacos by Mark Miller with Benjamin Hargett and Jane Horn. Copyright © 2009 by Mark Miller with Benjamin Hargett and Jane Horn. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.Mark Miller is the acclaimed chef-founder of Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has started and owned thirteen different restaurants on three continents from 1979 to 2008. He is the author of ten books with nearly 1 million copies in print, including Tacos, The Great Chile Book, The Great Salsa Book, and Coyote Cafe. Mark currently works in International Culinary Consulting and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Benjamin Hargett is a travel-loving chef who has cooked in Europe, the Carribean, Mexico, and the United States, where he worked with Mark Miller at the Coyote Café for many years.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1103.76 Kcal (4621 kJ)
Calories from fat 444.27 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 49.36g 76%
Cholesterol 0.35mg 0%
Sodium 1668.44mg 70%
Potassium 542.38mg 12%
Total Carbs 153.33g 51%
Sugars 2.99g 12%
Dietary Fiber 11.51g 46%
Protein 19.05g 38%
Vitamin C 4.8mg 8%
Iron 5.3mg 29%
Calcium 421.9mg 42%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 278.77 Kcal (1167 kJ)
Calories from fat 112.2 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.47g 76%
Cholesterol 0.09mg 0%
Sodium 421.38mg 70%
Potassium 136.98mg 12%
Total Carbs 38.72g 51%
Sugars 0.76g 12%
Dietary Fiber 2.91g 46%
Protein 4.81g 38%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 8%
Iron 1.3mg 29%
Calcium 106.5mg 42%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 25.4
    Points
  • 30
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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