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July 9, 2009 at 7:19 pm #32877

James

Everyone loves my fish tacos. On our Big Piney trip we made them with about three pounds of fish. I am going to give you the list of ingredients and the approximate amount I would use to make them for two people.

 

  1. Tilapia 1 lb
  2. Tomato 2
  3. Onion (white or yellow) 1
  4. Red bell pepper 1
  5. Yellow bell pepper 1
  6. Garlic clove 2 (or more if you like it)
  7. Jalapeño or Habanero (whatever you feel comfortable with) 2
  8. 6″ tortilla 1 bag
  9. Black beans 1 can
  10. Mexican cheese mix 1 bag
  11. Tapatio (this is in case you’re with people who cant handle things hot) 

 

We cut most of the stuff up in the kitchen and then froze it all even though we had bought fresh tilapia. The pictures will show you the process. I like to cook stuff like this over high heat and keep it moving around the pan. We forgot to bring any sort of cooking oil but a splash of olive oil would help.

Saute the onions, garlic and hot peppers. There are some diced tomatos in there too but you don’t need those.

Now you’re ready for the tilapia. Dump it in there and cook for 10 minutes or until done. Feel free to taste some. You don’t want to cook it to long or it gets sort of tough.

Have an assistant dice some tomatos and onions then pick the cilantro for the home made pico. Toss some jalapeños in there if you like it hot.

Heat and then mash the black beans. Here we’re using a coffee cup.

Your fish is probably about done.

Dump the bell peppers and onions in on top. Mix this around trying not to spill it everywhere.

Here’s our completed pico. Thats some Pace in the other bowl, we got lazy.

After you have the veggies where you want them, cate likes um crispy, heat some tortillas on top.

Now layer in the black beans, fish mixture, cheese, pico and hot sauce. If you want you can add some sour cream.

Enjoy.

 

 

July 12, 2009 at 1:35 pm #32878

James

I am actually making these tonight for Cate’s parents. It should be easier on real stove in a kitchen.

These are delicious you should try them.

July 24, 2009 at 12:59 am #32879

Dennis

Wow that sounds pretty good and reminds me of a place I used to go in Sacramento to get fish tacos. Of course my other favorite is Salmon Burritos but just about anything tastes good wrapped in a tortilla at the waters edge at twilight.

July 24, 2009 at 12:38 pm #32880

James

Dennis – 11 hours ago  »   just about anything tastes good wrapped in a tortilla at the waters edge at twilight.

So true…

 

This is why I love camping with my canoe. Dennis is my father and when we’d go camping together we’d make some pretty increadible food. Traveling by canoe allows you to bring and cook just about anything you’d want. You have a cooler, you can haul a dutch oven and a full size stove is no problem.

I will post some more back country recipes as soon as I have a chance to cook and photograph them.

August 14, 2009 at 11:00 pm #32881

James

I made this againThursday night. Delicious, you should all try it at home and then on a trip.

April 9, 2010 at 5:44 am #32882

Fat Paddler

I had Tapatio sauce for the first time last year in a small Taco somewhere near Santa Cruz. Now I’m DESPERATE to get it here in Australia. It was also the first time I had (and for that matter, had even heard of) fish tacos. In the end its all I ate for three days. Fantastic stuff!

Now, anyone know of how I can get Tapatio here in Oz?? I have a paddling camping trip in the Aussie wilderness in a few weeks and I’d love to catch some fish on our travels and make these fishie tacos!

April 9, 2010 at 5:45 am #32883

Fat Paddler

Ha! Just found a photo of my first ever fish taco in California!

Fish taco!

April 12, 2010 at 9:26 am #32884

James

Ahh Tapatio… es una salsa muy salsa

I’d say you’re Fat Tire pairing is just about perfect.

April 12, 2010 at 9:00 pm #32885

Fat Paddler

Yeah, the Fat Tire was good. The above picture was actually breakfast – I’d just got off the 13 hour flight from Sydney to San Fran, driven south with a paddler friend for an hour or so and stopped in Davenport, where the local Fire-fighter HQ had been set up (a raging wild-fire was burning in the hills behind us). It was late morning, I was delirious from the time change, and I’d already had a sneaky beer in the car. The fish tacos were on special – I’d never even heard of them before – and I just ordered whatever the special was. It came with the beer. And I was immediately in love.

Needless to say the next 16 hours involved stupid amounts of mexican food washed down with beer and tequila, and my first USA paddle ever the following morning, on the Santa Cruz Harbour, goes down in history as the most hungover, and generally traumatic, paddle I’ve ever been on. But that said, when I drove back to San Fran after the paddle, I stopped at the same taco place in Davenport for another serve of fish tacos. Minus the beer though.  ;)

April 13, 2010 at 8:17 am #32886

Dennis

My Mexican food tales usually involve the ingredients trying to head south across the border again sometime in the small hours of the morning. 

It’s good to know you survived the experience.

November 29, 2010 at 9:42 am #32887

zakaryjohn

I love fish tacos! Never had them camping, although I’ve been meaning to try it. I like the idea of cutting everything up beforehand. It would be so much easier doing that on a flat counter in my kitchen then on a lumpy rock :)

December 27, 2010 at 9:11 pm #32888

natecanoes

Ah, foodies on camping trips……. lol.

It sounds great!

Someday I have to break away from mac and cheese and cut up hotdogs and eat some real food on a trip.

Still though, after paddling all day, an enormous appetite makes just about anything palatable.

 

Anyone ever boil their boots to eat them?

 

 

 

 

Me neither. My boots stink.

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