Fish Tacos from I Love You, Man
I Love You, Man is a timeless Rudd-Segel vehicle for comedy, romance, bromance, and for a few fleeting and beautiful moments, food porn. Fish tacos are shared amongst bros while they talk about about sex and stuff - don't you deserve the same? Show your best male-friend how much you care with a plate full of these tacos today.
Ingredients
For refried beans:
- 16 ounces dried black beans
- 1 whole chopped onion
- 1 clove crushed garlic
For pico de gallo:
- 4 tomatoes, diced
- ½ an onion, diced
- ¼ cup fresh minced cilantro
- ½ jalapeno, diced (take out seeds if you don’t want it to be too spicy)
- Juice of 1 lime
For tomatillo salsa (aka salsa verde):
- 10 tomatillos
- A drizzle of olive oil
- ½ an onion, diced
- ¼ cup cilantro, minced
- ½ a jalapeno, minced
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt and pepper to taste
For guacamole:
- 4 medium avocados
- ½ jalapeno, seeded (can also be unseeded for less heat)
- ¼ Spanish onion, chopped
- Juice of half a lime
- 2 Tbsp cilantro
- Salt, pepper, and cumin to taste
For homemade tortillas:
- 8 ½ ounces all purpose flour (about 1 ¾ cup)
- 1 tsp of salt
- 6 tsp of baking powder
- 3 Tbsp of lard
- ¾ cup warm water (110°)
For fish:
- Mahi mahi fish fillets
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- Freshly ground toasted cumin
Method
For black beans:
- Soak dried beans in 3 cups of boiling water for about 1 ½ hours. This is a good time to make other toppings. See the recipes below!
- In a pot, bring beans and soaking liquid to a boil. Bring to a low simmer allow to cook for one more hour or until softened. After done, strain and set aside.
- In a pan, sweat onions over medium-high heat. Add garlic. Cook until fragrant.
- Add black beans and combine. Then, mash the beans using a large non-slotted spatula.
- Season with salt and pepper.
For pico de gallo:
- Combine tomatoes, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, and lime. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Note: The jalapeno seeds add heat. Remove jalapeno seeds if a less spicy pico de gallo is desired.
For tomatillo salsa:
- Preheat broiler and place baking sheet in oven.
- Halve the tomatillos and toss with olive oil. Place on preheated baking sheet flesh side down. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until skin is blistering and browned.
- After they've cooked, place tomatillos into blender. Add onion, cilantro, jalapeno, and lime juice. Blend until slightly chunky. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
For guacamole:
- Halve the avocados and remove the pits. Score them with a butter knife and scoop the insides into a large bowl.
- Add jalapeno, onion, lime juice, and cilantro. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin to taste.
- Mash with fork until chunky but creamy
For tortillas:
- Add flour, salt, and baking powder to food processor. Pulse to combine.
- Add lard and process until mixture resembles wet sand.
- Drizzle warm water into mixture while the processor runs. Continue to process until a ball of dough forms.
- Remove dough from processor and wrap in plastic wrap. Let the dough rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Generously flour work surface. Take a golf ball sized piece of the pre-rested dough and roll out into about an 8 inch round.
- Place dough round into a ripping hot skillet. Let the dough round sit for about 30 seconds until large bubbles form and then flip.
- Keep tortillas warm in a low oven while preparing the rest of the dish.
For fish:
- Place fillets in a plastic bag with lime juice, salt and pepper, olive oil, and cumin. Allow to marinate for at least 15 minutes. This is a good time to finish making the black beans. See the recipe above!
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Remove fillets from bag and place into a large pan over high heat. Sear both sides before placing pan in oven for about 30 minutes or until the internal temperature is 135°.
- Remove fish from skin and place on taco. Top with desired toppings and enjoy.