Tempura Fish Tacos with pineapple salsa and chipotle mayonnaise
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 small soft tacos
4 x 60 g barramundi fillets
2 iceberg lettuce, large leaves, sliced very thin
12 coriander leaves
3 Tbsp chipotle mayo
For the pineapple salsa
250 g pineapple, diced very small
20 g chilli, deseeded and diced
15 ml white wine vinegar
15 ml extra virgin olive oil
10 leaves of mint, chopped roughly
10 leaves of coriander, chopped roughly
For the tempura batter
50 g tapioca flour
250 g rice flour
6 Tbsp ice
1 lime, juiced
½ lemon, juice
soda water
30g corn flour, for dusting the fish
For the chipotle mayo
100 ml mayonnaise
20 g tinned chipotle in adobo sauce
½ lime, juiced
Method
Pre-heat the fryer to 170°C.
For the chipotle mayo
Pass the chipotle through a fine sieve so that you have a 130 g finished weight.
In a clean bowl place all of the ingredients into it and whisk well, keep in an air tight container and use when required.
For the pineapple salsa
Place all of the ingredients together in a clean bowl and mix well.
For the tempura fish
Place the tapioca flour and rice flour in a bowl, add the ice, lime juice, lemon juice and the soda water then mix with a fork to form a batter (a few little lumps are fine as they will crisp up in the deep fryer)
When the fryer is ready, flour the fish lightly in the rice flour and dust off any excess.
Place the fish in the batter and lightly coat.
Place into the deep fryer very slowly to avoid splashes, you may have to fry these in two batches.
Fry fish for about 4 to 5 minutes.
Remove fish from fryer and place paper towels to soak up the excess oil, then season.
To serve
While this is happening lightly grill the soft taco, place a small amount of ice berg lettuce in the shell, then the pineapple salsa and the fish on top. Drizzle the chipotle mayo on top and serve.