Fish Tacos

It's the newest thing here.  Actually not that new but recent.  I try them at lunch all the time just to see if I can find the perfect one.  Fish or shrimp, grilled or fried, believe me I have tried them all.  Some of them were awful and I'm not sure how the recipe got past the chef.  And then some are really good andI wanted to try to duplicate.

I love the green sauce that Lupe Tortilla uses on their fish tacos. However, everything I saw required way too much effort.  Not me, not going to happen.  So I just figured I mix up my own.

Fish Tacos

flour tortillas
firm white fish
McCormick's Beer Batter Mix
8 oz  beer
jalapeno sauce
cabbage
tomatoes
onions
Tabasco sauce

Mix the beer batter mix and beer.
Dry the fish and coat with batter.
Fry in shortening until golden brown.

Jalapeno Sauce
equal amounts of sour cream and mayonnaise (I used 1/4 cup of each)
small jalapeno, ribs and seeds removed, diced.
taco or fajita seasoning
juice from one lime
Mix with shredded cabbage.  You might want to reserve some.
Put in the fridge while the fish cooks.

Assemble your taco:
Warm tortilla.
Add a piece of fish (you may need to slice the fillets in half)
Put a dash of Tabasco on fish
Top with cabbage and diced tomatoes.

Wrap up and enjoy.

Live, Laugh, Love,

Karen

Fried Steak

Time is flying by me like a stealth bomber.  That's seems to be my theme here lately.  So much to do so little time.  And I always thought that when the kids were out of the house, I would have all the leisure time I wanted.  Nope, the time I spent with them is just replaced with other stuff.

 Good news though. 

We finally bought a gas range. 

HOORAY!!!

It's a thing of beauty and I love it so.

First meal on the new range was a recipe we saw on "Worst Cooks in America".  We DVR it so we can skip all of the commercials.  In fact, that's the only way we watch anything now except for sports.  Anyway, my mind is wondering again.  Fried Steak.....Anne Burrell, who is fabulous in my opinion.  Anybody who can recognize and state without abandon, 'Brown Food Tastes Good' is a goddess in my book.

If you haven't seen the show, they take people who have no cooking skills whatsoever and try to teach them basic skills and who to put together some pretty elaborate dishes.  And of course, someone gets eliminated each week.  On this show, Anne's dish was a fried steak.  Now, whenever I think of fried steak I think of a breaded chicken fried steak or maybe even a pan fried round steak.  Both are good but this was different.  A good sirloin steak rubbed with a mix of brown sugar, cayenne, salt and garlic powder.  Then you don't even seare it, you just drop it in a pan with hot oil.

How beautiful is that?

Perfectly medium rare with a crispy crunchy outside.

It was wonderful!

Shrimp Pot Sticker

We had to throw dinner together at the last minute and this is what we came up with, Shrimp Pot Stickers.  I am addicted to pot stickers, any kind, from any where and that's where you will find me.

This recipe came from Sunny Anderson on The Food Network but we tweaked it a bit.

And we even made egg rolls with the filling.  They were good too.

Easy Shrimp Potstickers
Adapted from Sunny Anderson

What you need:

1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined (we bought frozen)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
4 scallions, chopped
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1 egg
40 won ton wrappers
3 tablespoons peanut oil

Dipping Sauce

1/3 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup water
1 scallion, chopped thinly
1 teaspoon chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic, finely  minced
1/4 teaspoon lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar

What you do:
For the potstickers - remember have patience as you make them.

In a food processor, pulse shrimp, garlic scallions, soy sauce and egg until combined but still chunky.  Put in bowl.  If it doesn't hold together stir in enough bread crumbs so it does.

Put 1 teaspoon across won ton wrapper, moisten sides, fold over and pinch.

Fry in the peanut oil on one side.  Turn over, add 4-5 ice cubes and cover.  Steam for 3 minutes.

Dipping Sauce:
Combine all ingredients.

Enjoy.  They are good with pork also.

Fried Onions

Yummy, Yummy in my tummy.

These are so good and went so fast that there is no picture.  Maybe next time.

Onion, slice as many as you want very thinly
Flour
Baking Power
Paprika
Salt
Pepper
Milk
Shortening

Melt shortening.
Mix all dry ingredients.
Dip onion slices in milk, then dredge in flour mixture.
Put in hot oil and fry.

Drain on paper towels.

Enjoy quickly....Yum!