Fish Taco Sauce

May 19, 2012United States

Fish Taco Sauce is difficult to make? People around the world are more familiar with Mexico’s gift to the world: the beef taco. What a lot of people don’t know, however, is that tacos are made with a variety of ingredients that transcend more than just the usual beef. Another popular variation of the Mexican taco is fish tacos, a perfect alternative for people who had had enough of their love handles growing. The perfect fish taco can only be created with the perfect fish taco sauce, and because fish tacos are just as varied as Mexico’s eclectic taste in food, there are hundreds of fish taco sauce recipe in existence. Your fish taco sauce can either make or break or your fish tacos. Carefully prepared fish taco sauce will bring out the taste of the fish and spices, without being too creamy or strong tasting that it overpowers everything else.

The History of Fish Tacos

Fish tacos are a Mexican dish that’s risen in popularity. You’ll find fish tacos advertised in popular restaurants across Mexico, and you’ll find most of these restaurants claiming that their fish tacos are the original. A stay in Mexico will never be complete without a sampling of the best fish tacos, that of which you can only find at any of the small food stands that line the Streets of Mercado Negro, a popular fish market in Ensenada. The fish tacos you’ll find in Mercado Negro are little batter-coated, fried fish enveloped in wheat tortilla or hot corn tortilla.


Fish tacos are incredibly popular among people who live in the coastal areas of Mexico where the dish has been prepared and eaten for years and years. There is nothing certain about the history of fish tacos, but culinary researchers theorize that this popular Mexican dish may have been around for thousands of years when indigenous people from North America wrapped their catch into ground corn tortillas. According to people in Ensenada, their port town is the true home of the fish taco with the first fish taco ever created dating back in 1958 when Ensenada Mercado opened.

Fish tacos are popular for their mild taste that’s people say are more distinctive that beef tacos. With fish tacos, your choice of fish greatly affects its taste, as opposed to beef tacos where beef tastes like, well, beef. It’s hard to go wrong with creating a fish taco. On a simple, elemental level, the fish taco can be reduced to a mindless equation: Tortilla + Fish = Fish taco. However, adding fish to a taco shell will not make it the best fish taco in the world. A good fish taco is complex in taste, with all the ingredients working together to complement the taste of the fish. One of the most important ingredients of the fish taco is the fish taco sauce. The fish taco sauce wraps everything in the tortilla together to create a harmonious, slightly creamy taste. There are numerous ways to create fish taco sauce, but here’s one that you’ll surely love.

Fish Taco Sauce Recipe

The San Diego Fish Taco Sauce

The San Diego Fish Taco Sauce is the perfect addition to your fish tacos because of its fresh, herby, taste that will truly bring out the taste of the fish. This recipe needs about ten minutes of prep time and will yield about one cup of sauce. This recipe is created to be low in fat so you don’t have to worry about adding on some pounds. Here’s everything you need to begin.
Ingredients

You’ll need half a cup of reduced fat sour cream, half a cup of reduced fat mayonnaise, one lime that’s cut in half, half a teaspoon of cumin, half a teaspoon of ground coriander, half a teaspoon of dried dill weed, half a teaspoon of dried oregano, one fourth teaspoon of ground chipotle chili powder, half a teaspoon of minced capers, one minced and seeded pepper of your choice, one tablespoon of chopped fresh cilantro. You’ll need a whisk and a small bowl to create this fish taco sauce. Here’s what you need to do to begin.

Procedure

Take the small bowl and add in your fat free mayonnaise and sour cream. Whisk the ingredients together until you are sure they are well blended. Take the lime and squeeze the juice over the mixture, then whisk all the ingredients together thoroughly. What you’re looking for is a consistency that’s reminiscent of a creamy but pourable salad dressing. If you’re think the mixture is too think, you can add more lime juice, if you think it’s too runny, add in some more sour cream. It is essential that you arrive with the perfect consistency or else you’ll end up with a runny taco or taco that’s just too creamy. Throw in all your spices and once again, whisk the ingredients together thoroughly until the dry ingredients have been successfully incorporated into the mixture. Throw in some minced pepper, capers, cilantro, and then whisk the mixture again.

After all ingredients have been put together, take some wrap and cover the bowl. Place the bowl inside a refrigerator and let it stay for at least an hour. The longer you allow the fish taco sauce to sit, the better it will taste. Serve the fish taco sauce chilled. You can spoon the fish taco sauce over your tacos, or you can even add it into rice bowls or taco salads if you want!

This fish taco sauce recipe is easy to work with and if you’re adventurous, you can even experiment a little on the ingredients. Try working with other herbs or add in some more spices if you think your taste calls for it. You can also adjust the spiciness of your fish taco sauce by adding in more chipotle or reducing the chipotle according to your liking. The fish taco sauce needs three ingredients in order to work: mayonnaise, sour cream, and lime. According to your liking you can add in other herbs and spices to your fish taco sauce.

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