Upscale, At-Home Taco Night?

[Anonymous]

I think the idea is great! I want to have a "girls" party, and this will be perfect!

[Anonymous]

OP here - thanks everyone this is great. We made the Santa Fe Crock Pot chicken yesterday (takes 10 hours!) so that's all ready to go for Saturday night. Still haven't chosen our beef taco dish, but I'm close. I really want to make fish tacos, but since I've never done it before and you can really mess up fish, I don't think I should try for the first time when we're having people over.

Can anyone recommend a "taco sauce?" I want to have some on hand just in case our friends want to add sauce to their tacos.

thanks!

[Anonymous]

Actually, it's really hard to mess up fish! It cooks so fast! If you can cook meat, you can cook fish.

I like salsa verde for tacos....either Wegman's brand or Arriba brand.

[Anonymous]

Fish is incredibly easy. Pick a firm white fish. Some like tilapia, and that's perfectly fine, but entry level. A wahoo or mahi-mahi-like fish is better. Drizzle with a tiny amount of oil (just enough to keep it from drying out), then sprinkle it with chili powder. I do it pretty generously, but do it to taste. Bake or broil until flaky. You may want to go until it's just a little bit firmer/drier than you would if you were serving it by itself. You want it to stay firm and hold its shape when you cut it into chunks.

Cut it into taco-size chunks. Serve.

Opinions vary, but I think fish tacos should be in soft corn tortillas--not hard shells, and not flour. Do it with fresh shredded cabbage (either plain raw, or with a cider vinaigrette), avocado slices, lime wedges, and chipotle mayo.

My go-to taco sauce for ground beef or chicken tacos is Cholula. For steak tacos, I like a salsa verde, or just chopped onions, chopped cilantro, and squeeze of lime.