Cedar Planked Catfish Tacos with Tequila Lime Aioli

With Cinco de Mayo only cinco days away, it's time to get grilling.  I'm making Fish Tacos, with a little help from Carolina Classics Catfish. They farm raise their catfish in freshwater pounds tempered by the Gulf Stream in North Carolina, free of antibiotics resulting in a delicious mild, pink-white fish. 

Super-Secret Fish Taco Sauce

Ingredients

¼ cup Canola Oil

½ cup Olive Oil

1 Egg Yoke

A pinch of salt

2 teaspoon Lime Juice

2 teaspoon Bill Baron’s Tequila Lime Spice

Directions

Combine egg yolk, lime juice and pinch of salt in bowl. Whisk until blended. Combine canola and olive oil. Whisk oil in one teaspoon at a time, stirring constantly, until mayonnaise is thick, and a lighter color. Add Tequila Lime Spice.  This makes the best, super-secret Fish Taco Sauce.

Ingredients

2  Cedar Grilling Planks from our Outlet Store.

4  Carolina Classics Catfish Filets

¼ cup Bill Baron’s Tequila Lime Spice

1 tablespoon Butter, melted

½ head of Green Cabbage, thinly sliced

Corn Tortillas

Lime wedges

Salsa

Directions

First: Soak 2 Cedar Grilling Planks in water for at least an hour, longer is better. Preheat grill to 350-375°.

 

Next: Rub catfish with tequila lime spice, then place seasoned catfish on soaked plank.   Add to grill and close the lid and allow to smoke and smolder for 7 minutes or so. 

Then: Lift grill lid and brush fillets with melted butter. Close lid for another 7 minutes of so. 

 

**If the planks catch fire, which they often do, DON’T PANIC.  Just spritz the with H20 and keep on plankin’.

Finally: Carefully remove from grill. Serve atop warm tortilla, with cabbage, fish taco sauce and a wedge of lime.  Guacamole, salsa, and other toppings are optional.

 

 

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Mason MargJARitas           

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. Tequila (Hornitos or better) 1 1/2 oz. Agave Syrup 1 to 1 1/4 oz. of lime juice Salt for the rim of the glass

5 cubes of ice, cracked in half

Directions

Shake all the ingredients in Mason Jar with the lid tightly secured until the exterior frosts. Salt rim of glass and strain mixture into glass over rocks.  Garish with slice of lime.

 

Many parking lot fiestas to you and yours. -KB